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⚫ | '''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. Before an item of legislation becomes law it may be known as a [[bill]], and may be broadly referred to as "legislation" while it remains under consideration to distinguish it from other business. Legislation can have many purposes: to regulate, to authorize, to proscribe, to provide (funds), to sanction, to grant, to declare or to restrict. |
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− | '''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. |
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⚫ | Before an item of legislation becomes law it may be known as a [[bill]], and may be broadly referred to as "legislation" while it remains under consideration to distinguish it from other business. Legislation can have many purposes: to regulate, to authorize, to proscribe, to provide (funds), to sanction, to grant, to declare or to restrict. |
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{{Wikipedia|Legislation}} |
{{Wikipedia|Legislation}} |
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[[Category:Legal]] |
[[Category:Legal]] |
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