legislative history

collocation in English

meaningsoflegislativeandhistory

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legislative
adjective
uk
/ˈledʒ.ɪ.slə.tɪv/us
/ˈledʒ.ə.slə.t̬ɪv/
relating to laws or the making ...
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history
noun
uk
/ˈhɪs.tər.i/us
/ˈhɪs.t̬ɚ.i/
(the study of or a record of) past events considered together, especially events of a particular period, country, ...
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(Definition oflegislativeandhistoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflegislative history

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We use thelegislativehistoryof some 5,000 parliamentary amendments.
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For example, judicial decisions, constitutional provisions, andlegislativehistorycan affect what contribution a statute makes.
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This is a subtle but important addition to the novel, which is set at a key point in forgery'slegislativehistory.
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Thelegislativehistoryclearly shows that the law was intended to make such endorsements illegal; the justices simply did not wish to strike down the restriction on union political activity.
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This remarkable chapter in ourlegislativehistoryis coming to an end.
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That is not very surprising when we consider thelegislativehistorysurrounding this problem.
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I do not like to think what the consolidation committee might say if for the first time inlegislativehistorythis device were accepted.
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The circumstance in which this change came about was a very interesting piece oflegislativehistory.
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It was removed in another place and agreement has now been reached with the pharmaceutical industry, so thelegislativehistorywill rest there.
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We could exchange views on draftmanship, and thelegislativehistoryof the matter.
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Itslegislativehistoryas regards hours is only eight years long, and as regards wages it dates back only to 1933.
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This matter has a somewhat complicatedlegislativehistory.
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Itslegislativehistoryis long, both before and after nationalisation.
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Here by an anomaly oflegislativehistorythere is no regulation at all.
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Thelegislativehistorybegins in a sense in 1976, although the campaign began well before then.
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Those tendencies started their sorry journey intolegislativehistory20, 30 or 40 years ago.
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It is a good, plain, well understood word that has a longlegislativehistory.
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The first concerns what in some countries is called thelegislativehistory.
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I think it likely that thelegislativehistoryof this provision would be relevant in its construction.
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