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Noun
S:
(n)
legislation
,
statute law
(law enacted by a legislative body)
direct hyponym
/
full hyponym
domain category
domain term category
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
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sister term
S:
(n)
civil law
(the body of laws established by a state or nation for its own regulation)
S:
(n)
case law
,
precedent
,
common law
((civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions)
S:
(n)
legislation
,
statute law
(law enacted by a legislative body)
part holonym
derivationally related form
W:
(v)
legislate
[Related to:
legislation
] (make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation)
"They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people spend their free time"
S:
(n)
legislation
,
legislating
,
lawmaking
(the act of making or enacting laws)