Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Legislation \Leg`is*la"tion\ (-l[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [Cf. F.
   l['e]gislation, L. legis latio. See {Legislator}.]
   The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws;
   the laws enacted.

         Pythagoras joined legislation to his philosophy.
                                                  --Lyttelton.

Source : WordNet®

legislation
     n 1: law enacted by a legislative body [syn: {statute law}]
     2: the act of making or enacting laws [syn: {legislating}, {lawmaking}]