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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Legislation \Leg`is*la"tion\ (-l[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [Cf. F.
l['e]gislation, L. legis latio. See {Legislator}.]
The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws;
the laws enacted.
Pythagoras joined legislation to his philosophy.
--Lyttelton.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
legislation
n 1: a law enacted by a legislative body [syn: {statute law}]
2: the act of legislating [syn: {legislating}, {lawmaking}]
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