All legislation synonyms

noun legislation

• statute — Law. an enactment made by a legislature and expressed in a formal document. the document in which such an enactment is expressed.
• charter — A charter is a formal document describing the rights, aims, or principles of an organization or group of people.
• constitution — The constitution of a country or organization is the system of laws which formally states people's rights and duties.
• bill — A bill is a written statement of money that you owe for goods or services.
• act — When you act, you do something for a particular purpose.
• regulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
• ruling — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
• measure — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
• prescription — Medicine/Medical. a direction, usually written, by the physician to the pharmacist for the preparation and use of a medicine or remedy. the medicine prescribed: Take this prescription three times a day.
• codification — the systematic organization of methods, rules, etc
• lawmaking — a person who makes or enacts law; legislator.
• lawgiving — Enacting laws; legislative.
• legislature — a deliberative body of persons, usually elective, who are empowered to make, change, or repeal the laws of a country or state; the branch of government having the power to make laws, as distinguished from the executive and judicial branches of government.
• enactment — The process of passing legislation.
• law — software law
• rule — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
• laws — Plural form of law.
• guidelines — A general rule, principle, or piece of advice.
• decree — A decree is an official order or decision, especially one made by the ruler of a country.
• code — A code is a set of rules about how people should behave or about how something must be done.