Legislation and Precedent

Legislation

Legislation noun - The act of making or enacting laws.
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Synonyms for Legislation

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".

How words are described

similar similar legislation similar precedent
actual actual legislation actual precedent
important important legislation important precedent
new new legislation new precedent

Both words in one sentence

  • 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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