noun [U]
1 a law or a set of laws passed by a parliament:
an important piece of legislation * New legislation on the sale of drugs will be introduced next year. * a call for legislation to ban smoking in public places
2 the process of making and passing laws:
Legislation will be difficult and will take time.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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