Legislation
Legislation noun - The act of making or enacting laws.
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Precedent and legislation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Precedent" instead a noun "Legislation".
Precedent
Precedent noun - An example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time.
Legislation and precedent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Legislation" instead a noun "Precedent".
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- At least there is some good to come out of it: After the precedent was established, a number of states enacted legislation clarifying that eminent domain could only be used to build something with an obvious benefit to the public.
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