passing legislation

collocation in English

meaningsofpassingandlegislation

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passing
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈpɑː.sɪŋ/us
/ˈpæs.ɪŋ/
moving ...
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legislation
noun[U]
uk
/ˌledʒ.ɪˈsleɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌledʒ.əˈsleɪ.ʃən/
a law or set of laws suggested by a government and made official by ...
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(Definition ofpassingandlegislationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Passinglegislationin a separation-of-powers system requires the agreement of a number of veto players.
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Butpassinglegislationwithout regard for rights and waiting for a court to determine the validity and merits of legislation does not fulfil this obligation.
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We arepassinglegislationwhich will make this country remain, from the marketing point of view, in the nineteenth century.
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We must always keep in mind whenpassinglegislationthe possibility that the experts are wrong.
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It has to be remembered that we arepassinglegislationthat must be comprehensible to the ordinary man or woman in the street.
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We could be equally guilty ofpassinglegislationthat could fall into that category.
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After all, we have a monopoly ofpassinglegislationpassed in another place.
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After all, we arepassinglegislationfor a period of ten years.
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We have a history, particularly in recent years, ofpassinglegislationexpressive of the proper concern of our people with the welfare of animals.
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We must remember that duties are not discharged and standards are not met simply bypassinglegislation.
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We are in danger ofpassinglegislationthat will result in innocent people being charged with offences that they have not committed.
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We arepassinglegislation, knowing that in advance.
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Obviously, when one ispassinglegislationone wants to prevent people driving a coach and horses through the provisions of that legislation.
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The danger ofpassinglegislationwhich is too materially in advance of public opinion is that you cannot get it enforced.
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In recent years there has been a growing practice ofpassinglegislationwhich is dealt with by county courts.
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It is no goodpassinglegislationunless it is enforced.
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We arepassinglegislationto give people the right to buy their council homes.
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There is a real danger—this was borne out by the experience last time round—ofpassinglegislationwhich cannot be enforced.
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Its role is to extinguish itself bypassinglegislationfor an elected successor.
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