- legislation, statute law - law enacted by a legislative body
--1 is a kind of civil law
--1 is a part of statute book
--1 has particulars:enabling legislation; occupational safety and health act, federal job safety law Derived form: verb legislate1 - legislation, legislating, lawmaking - the act of making or enacting laws
--2 is a kind of government, governing, governance, government activity
--2 has particulars:criminalization, criminalisation; decriminalization, decriminalisation; enactment, passage Derived form: verb legislate1