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Legislation :: Legislation (n.) The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws; the laws enacted.

Lawgiver :: Lawgiver (n.) One who makes or enacts a law or system of laws; a legislator.

Enacted :: Enacted (imp. & p. p.) of Enac.

Enact :: Enact (n.) Purpose; determination.

Enactive :: Enactive (a.) Having power to enact or establish as a law.

Enactment :: Enactment (n.) The passing of a bill into a law; the giving of legislative sanction and executive approval to a bill whereby it is established as a law.

Ultra Vires :: Ultra vires () Beyond power; transcending authority; -- a phrase used frequently in relation to acts or enactments by corporations in excess of their chartered or statutory rights.

Positive :: Positive (a.) Prescribed by express enactment or institution; settled by arbitrary appointment; said of laws.

Veto :: Veto (n.) A power or right possessed by one department of government to forbid or prohibit the carrying out of projects attempted by another department; especially, in a constitutional government, a power vested in the chief executive to prevent the enactment of measures passed by the legislature. Such a power may be absolute, as in the case of the Tribunes of the People in ancient Rome, or limited, as in the case of the President of the United States. Called also the veto power..

Enactor :: Enactor (n.) One who enacts a law; one who decrees or establishes as a law.

Lammaking :: Lammaking (a.) Enacting laws; legislative.

Constitution :: Constitution (n.) An authoritative ordinance, regulation or enactment; especially, one made by a Roman emperor, or one affecting ecclesiastical doctrine or discipline; as, the constitutions of Justinian..

Parliamentary :: Parliamentary (a.) Enacted or done by Parliament; as, a parliamentary act..

Bill :: Bill (n.) A form or draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law..

Veto :: Veto (v. t.) To prohibit; to negative; also, to refuse assent to, as a legislative bill, and thus prevent its enactment; as, to veto an appropriation bill..

Enactment :: Enactment (n.) That which is enacted or passed into a law; a law; a decree; a statute; a prescribed requirement; as, a prohibitory enactment; a social enactment..

Ordinance :: Ordinance (n.) A rule established by authority; a permanent rule of action; a statute, law, regulation, rescript, or accepted usage; an edict or decree; esp., a local law enacted by a municipal government; as, a municipal ordinance..

Enact :: Enact (v. t.) To act; to perform; to do; to effect.

Negative :: Negative (v. t.) To reject by vote; to refuse to enact or sanction; as, the Senate negatived the bill..

Reenactment :: Reenactment (n.) The enacting or passing of a law a second time; the renewal of a law.

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