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legislation

noun as in law of a government

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The legislation, effective Jan. 1, will add a potent mix of spending increases, tax cuts, and accounting changes.

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But opponents argue there is not enough hard proof to warrant the new legislation, which could do more harm than good.

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Second, the fact that the monarch has the right to be consulted on proposed legislation that may affect the Crown and can ask to be excluded from it.

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Under the legislation, everybody is deemed to agree to organ donation after death unless they register a decision to opt-out.

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As governor, Ms. Healey in 2024 created an Office of Energy Transformation which is tasked with supporting her proposed “Energy Affordability” legislation.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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