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# legislation

«legislation» in Mova's school dictionary: **a law or a set of laws made by a parliament or government** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (legislation, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (law) Legislation is a law or a set of laws made by a parliament or government. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legislation/#m1)

2) (law) The process of making laws. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legislation/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In citizenship and history lessons: parliament passes legislation; new legislation on school safety or the environment. In news: «the government introduced legislation to…». It tells the reader that something is made official by law.

### examples

- New legislation bans smoking in cars with children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legislation/#x1)
- Parliament debated the legislation for weeks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legislation/#x2)
- The legislation protects wild birds and their nests. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legislation/#x3)
- Some countries have strict legislation about plastic bags. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legislation/#x4)
- Making legislation is the job of parliament. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legislation/#x5)
- The legislation will come into force next year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legislation/#x6)

### note

Uncountable: say «a piece of legislation» or «a law», not «a legislation». Related: legislate (verb), legislator (person), legislature (the law-making body, e.g. parliament, Congress).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «legislation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legislation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.