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legislate

verb as in make laws

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But others ponder just how British it is to curb repeated protests - the plan Mahmood now plans to legislate for.

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But the party says it would legislate to prevent courts having regard to it in asylum cases, with a pledge to leave if "activist judges attempt to override Parliament".

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At Labour's conference, Miliband said he wanted to legislate at the earliest opportunity and launch a national campaign against fracking in the meantime.

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Tony Blair's Labour government legislated for voluntary ID cards in the early 2000s.

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Ministers have also previously faced pressure from the Conservatives to legislate for an England-wide ban on smartphones in schools.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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