legislation

noun

1 it will require legislation to change this situation:

law-making, law enactment, law formulation, codification, prescription, ratification.

2 he demanded the repeal of anti-union legislation:

law, body of laws, constitution, rules, rulings, regulations, acts, bills, statutes, enactments, charters, ordinances, measures, canon, code;

jurisprudence.

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