similar legislation

collocation in English

meaningsofsimilarandlegislation

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similar
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪm.ɪ.lər/us
/ˈsɪm.ə.lɚ/
looking or being almost, but not exactly, ...
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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 ofsimilarandlegislationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Not given to e rhetorical niceties, he next turned his attention to the campaign forsimilarlegislationat the national level.
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There was no point in opposing the boundary bill, he said, because even if the tories held office they would proposesimilarlegislation.
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Madison had proposedsimilarlegislation.
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Similarlegislationwas adopted in the previous period, in relation to noise, vibrations and electromagnetic radiation.
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I hope that that legislation will be introduced and will be rapidly followed bysimilarlegislationfor this country.
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I hope that it will be repeated withsimilarlegislation.
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Does he intend to implementsimilarlegislationhere?
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I predict, though, thatsimilarlegislationwill be needed next year.
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Willsimilarlegislationbe enacted to deal with them?
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And how many other countries have up to now passedsimilarlegislation?
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The next question asked of him referred tosimilarlegislationin other countries.
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I understand that that phrase does not appear insimilarlegislation.
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The practice in recent cases undersimilarlegislationhas been to ensure that jury trials are not granted in those circumstances.
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Similarlegislationthere has had an effect out of all proportion to what any of the women concerned believed possible.
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There have been repeated references to the need to introducesimilarlegislationto outlaw exclusion clauses in con- tracts for services.
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As withsimilarlegislation, people take a little time before they will use it.
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Two countries which havesimilarlegislation, and two companies in those countries, have been surveyed.
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It is a standard provision and follows standard language insimilarlegislation.
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In othersimilarlegislation, such procedure rules are made using the negative procedure.
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He longed to think that he could have found somesimilarlegislationto have introduced himself.
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