legislates
Passes binding rules
Legislates is the third-person singular of legislate, meaning to make or enact laws.
A congress or parliament legislates; so does any body with lawmaking authority.
The word extends to creating rules by decree: You can't legislate good taste.
Courts are sometimes accused of legislating from the bench when their rulings seem to create rather than interpret law.
Amount owed, written
- statuteEnacted written rule
- codifyOrganize into formal rules
- passMove beyond or decline
- amendModify or correct
ratify · enactment · ordinance · provision · implement · charter · formulate · prescribe
National legislative assembly
- senateLegislative governing body
- assemblyConstructing from components
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- delegationTransferring responsibility downward
legitimacy · oversight · empowerment · committee · chamber · quorum · session · bicameral
Official rules governing conduct
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- directiveFormal command or instruction
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
- sanctionApproval or punitive measure
edict · enforcement · sovereignty · administration · bureaucracy · executive · policy · referendum
Upper chamber member
- representativeOne who acts for another
- congressmanHouse of Representatives member
- lawmakerOne who drafts legislation
- assemblymanState legislature member
parliamentarian · statesman · constituent · lobbyist · sponsor · drafter · aide · staffer
bill
Amount owed, written
amend · ratify · enactment · ordinance · provision · implement · charter · formulate · prescribe · promulgate
parliament
National legislative assembly
- senateLegislative governing body
- assemblyConstructing from components
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
delegation · legitimacy · oversight · empowerment · committee · chamber · quorum · session · bicameral · unicameral
regulation
Official rules governing conduct
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- directiveFormal command or instruction
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
sanction · edict · enforcement · sovereignty · administration · bureaucracy · executive · policy · referendum · resolution
senator
Upper chamber member
- representativeOne who acts for another
- congressmanHouse of Representatives member
- lawmakerOne who drafts legislation
assemblyman · parliamentarian · statesman · constituent · lobbyist · sponsor · drafter · aide · staffer · coalition
- 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
legislation, legislature, legislator, legislate, legislative, legislators, legislations, legislated, legislating