LEGISLATIVE ACT Synonyms

• a statute in draft before it becomes law

• an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered

• a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank)

• the entertainment offered at a public presentation

• an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution

• a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement

• a list of particulars (as a playbill or bill of fare)

• a cutting tool with a sharp edge

• a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes

• horny projecting mouth of a bird

• demand payment

• advertise especially by posters or placards

• publicize or announce by placards

• the passing of a law by a legislative body

• a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body

• acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture

• the collection of rules imposed by authority

• legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity

• a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society

• a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature

• the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do

• the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system

• the force of policemen and officers

• an authoritative command

• a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior

• the state of being controlled or governed

• (embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered

• the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular

• the act of controlling or directing according to rule

• prescribed by or according to regulation