legislated
Made it law
Legislated is the past tense of legislate, meaning to make or enact laws through a formal governmental process.
When something has been legislated, it has been established by statute rather than by custom, court ruling, or executive action.
The new safety standards were legislated after years of advocacy.
The term often appears in discussions contrasting what is legally mandated versus what emerges organically: You can't legislate morality.
Amount owed, written
- passageSegment of text
- ratificationFormal approval by authority
- codificationOrganizing rules into system
- amendmentChange to official text
act · statute · ordinance · resolution · regulation · implementation · enforcement · promulgation
Required, not optional
- obligatoryRequired by rule
- bindingLegally or morally required
- enforceableAble to be upheld
- requiredNeeded by rule
prescribed · imposed · requisite · nonnegotiable · mandatory · compliance · prohibition · restriction
National legislative assembly
- senateLegislative governing body
- assemblyConstructing from components
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
- chamberEnclosed room or cavity
committee · representatives · deputies · senators · lawmaking · bicameral · unicameral · session
Guarding against harm
- safeguardPrecaution against harm
- entitlementAssumed right to benefits
- guaranteeFormal promise of fulfillment
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
equality · citizenship · civil · constitutional · inalienable · suffrage · discrimination · due process
Legal authority's scope
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- powerEnergy transfer rate
- legitimacyLawful or rightful status
- supremacyHighest rank or power
dominion · prerogative · delegation · oversight · regulatory · administrative · executive · judicial
Underlying support system
- provisionPreparatory supply or clause
- codeSymbolic communication system
- protocolPrescribed conduct rules
- standardLevel of quality accepted
guideline · benchmark · threshold · criteria · eligibility · allocation · appropriation · subsidy
bill
Amount owed, written
- passageSegment of text
- ratificationFormal approval by authority
- codificationOrganizing rules into system
amendment · act · statute · ordinance · resolution · regulation · implementation · enforcement · promulgation · adoption
compulsory
Required, not optional
- obligatoryRequired by rule
- bindingLegally or morally required
- enforceableAble to be upheld
required · prescribed · imposed · requisite · nonnegotiable · mandatory · compliance · prohibition · restriction · regulation
parliament
National legislative assembly
- senateLegislative governing body
- assemblyConstructing from components
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
chamber · committee · representatives · deputies · senators · lawmaking · bicameral · unicameral · session · quorum
protection
Guarding against harm
- safeguardPrecaution against harm
- entitlementAssumed right to benefits
- guaranteeFormal promise of fulfillment
liberty · equality · citizenship · civil · constitutional · inalienable · suffrage · discrimination · due process · privacy
jurisdiction
Legal authority's scope
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- powerEnergy transfer rate
- legitimacyLawful or rightful status
supremacy · dominion · prerogative · delegation · oversight · regulatory · administrative · executive · judicial · enforcement
framework
Underlying support system
- provisionPreparatory supply or clause
- codeSymbolic communication system
- protocolPrescribed conduct rules
standard · guideline · benchmark · threshold · criteria · eligibility · allocation · appropriation · subsidy · taxation
legislatedrepealed
Officially withdrawn from effect
vetoed · denied · rejected · struck down · nullified
legislatedcustomary
Done by convention
unwritten · informal · traditional · organic · spontaneous
legislatedsuggested
Offered for consideration
recommended · voluntary · discretionary · advisory · optional
- legislative billProposed statute for enactment
- legislative chamberHall where laws form
- legislative debateFormal lawmaker discourse
- legislative branchGovernment's lawmaking arm
- legislative committeePanel reviewing proposed laws
- state legislatureLawmaking body below Congress
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