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lehislasyon

English

legislationnoun

Alternative meanings

legislation
body of laws
process of making or passing laws
legal rules of a country, region, or topic

Pronunciation

leh-hees-lah-SYON

Root and affixes

lehislasyon = legislation; borrowed from Spanish legislación; balaod = law

Variants or conjugations

legislasyon = spelling variant
balaod = law
pamalaod = laws or legislation

Related words and expressions

balaod = law
balaodnon = bill or proposed law
gobyerno = government
korte = court

Meaning and usage notes

Lehislasyon is used for legislation as a body or process of laws. For a specific law, balaod is more direct.

governmentlawlegislationpoliticsregulation
Example 1

Importante ang lehislasyon para sa katungod sa mga tawo.

Legislation is important for human rights.

Example 2

Gisusi sa konseho ang bag-ong lehislasyon.

The council reviewed the new legislation.

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