legislative history

legislative history definition - legal

n

The legislatureÂ’s intentions in enacting a bill into law, as embodied in an explanatory document attached to the bill or in the record of debates pertaining to the billÂ’s enactment.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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