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legislating::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | lawmaking, legislation |
| Type of | government, governance, governing, administration, government activity |
| Has types | enactment, decriminalization, passage, decriminalisation, criminalization, criminalisation |
Examples of legislating
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A little common sense goes a long way, and legislating is not the route to take.
From the tennessean.com
Thomas could face significant legal barriers to legislating the teachers'return.
From the washingtonpost.com
Before HCR, members of Congress were couch potatoes when it came to legislating.
From the newsweek.com
I'm almost willing to just say legislating these plans was probably a bad move.
From the swampland.blogs.time.com
Legislating every piece of this puzzle would be impossible and counterproductive.
From the online.wsj.com
There is talk now of legislating to meet the EU's terms even before the election.
From the economist.com
Legislating to keep tabloid papers happy is not the right way to go about things.
From the guardian.co.uk
For some reason, the public and politicians confuse governing with legislating.
From the guardian.co.uk
That seems like legislating our rights vis a vis the state away by the back door.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation; "They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people spend their free time"
- (legislating) legislation: the act of making or enacting laws
- Legislation (or "statutory law") is law which has been promulgated (or "enacted") by a legislature or other governing body, or the process of making it. (Another source of law is judge-made law or case law. ...
- To pass laws (including the amending or repeal of existing laws)
- To pass a law (lex) with the intention of binding the faithful to that law. Licit/illicit status: The lawfulness or unlawfulness of a certain act that may or may not affect the validity of that act. ...
- To enact laws or pass resolutions by the lawmaking process, in contrast to law that is derived from principles espoused by courts in decisions.
- To make, enact a law or laws; to bring about by the passage of a law. As, Congress legislates for the United States.
