Policy vs. Legislation
Policynoun
(obsolete) The art of governance; political science.
Policynoun
(obsolete) A state; a polity.
Policynoun
(obsolete) A set political system; civil administration.
Policynoun
(obsolete) A trick; a stratagem.
Policynoun
A principle of behaviour, conduct etc. thought to be desirable or necessary, especially as formally expressed by a government or other authoritative body.
Policynoun
Wise or advantageous conduct; prudence, formerly also with connotations of craftiness.
Policynoun
Specifically, political shrewdness or (formerly) cunning; statecraft.
Policynoun
The grounds of a large country house.
Policynoun
(obsolete) Motive; object; inducement.
Policynoun
(law)
Policynoun
A contract of insurance.
Policynoun
A document containing or certifying this contract.
Policynoun
(obsolete) An illegal daily lottery in late nineteenth and early twentieth century USA on numbers drawn from a lottery wheel (no plural)
Policynoun
A number pool lottery
Policyverb
(transitive) To regulate by laws; to reduce to order.
Policynoun
Civil polity.
Policynoun
The settled method by which the government and affairs of a nation are, or may be, administered; a system of public or official administration, as designed to promote the external or internal prosperity of a state.
Policynoun
The method by which any institution is administered; system of management; course.
Policynoun
Management or administration based on temporal or material interest, rather than on principles of equity or honor; hence, worldly wisdom; dexterity of management; cunning; stratagem.
Policynoun
Prudence or wisdom in the management of public and private affairs; wisdom; sagacity; wit.
Policynoun
Motive; object; inducement.
Policynoun
A ticket or warrant for money in the public funds.
Policynoun
The writing or instrument in which a contract of insurance is embodied; an instrument in writing containing the terms and conditions on which one party engages to indemnify another against loss arising from certain hazards, perils, or risks to which his person or property may be exposed. See Insurance.
Policynoun
A method of gambling by betting as to what numbers will be drawn in a lottery; as, to play policy.
Policyverb
To regulate by laws; to reduce to order.
Policynoun
a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government;
Policynoun
a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group;
Policynoun
written contract or certificate of insurance;
Policynoun
a course or principle of action adopted or proposed by an organization or individual
Policynoun
prudent or expedient conduct or action
Policynoun
a contract of insurance
Policynoun
an illegal lottery or numbers game
Policy
Policy is a deliberate system of principles to guide decisions and achieve rational outcomes. A policy is a statement of intent, and is implemented as a procedure or protocol.
Legislationnoun
The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws; the laws enacted.
Legislationnoun
Law which has been enacted by legislature or other governing body
Legislationnoun
The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws; the laws enacted.
Legislationnoun
law enacted by a legislative body
Legislationnoun
the act of making or enacting laws
Legislationnoun
laws, considered collectively
Legislationnoun
the process of making or enacting laws
Legislation
Legislation is law which has been promulgated (or ) by a legislature or other governing body or the process of making it. Before an item of legislation becomes law it may be known as a bill, and may be broadly referred to as , while it remains under consideration to distinguish it from other business.
