Legislation

n.

1.

The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws; the laws enacted. Pythagoras joined legislation to his philosophy. - Lyttelton.

Noun	1.	legislation - law enacted by a legislative body Synonyms: statute law
	2.	legislation - the act of making or enacting laws Synonyms: lawmaking, legislating

act, authorization, bill, bylaw, canon, concurrent resolution, constitution, decree, dictate, dictation, edict, enaction, form, formality, formula, formulary, institution, joint resolution, jus, law, legalization, legislature, legitimatization, lex, measure, ordinance, ordonnance, passage, passing, prescript, prescription, rubric, rule, sanction, standing order, validation