Which preposition to use with legislation

in Occurrences 229%

There is no need to follow the course of legislation in any of the five provinces.

of Occurrences 221%

Their learned men occupied important stations as physicians, agents of government, and even officers of state; while the "New Christians," or Jews professedly converted to Christianity, were intermarried with the highest families in Spain, and all this had taken place in spite of the enmity of the clergy, popular bigotry, and the adverse legislation of cortes or parliaments.

on Occurrences 60%

It was the institution of a new House, a new representation of the people and of the States to secure uniform legislation on those questions wherein the Federal Governments could not act because of Constitutional limitation.

against Occurrences 48%

Many Liberals also looked with indifference on legislation against bribery, thinking that it merely diverted public interest from the Ballot, which they consideredvery mistakenly as I expect it will turn outto be a sufficient, and the only, remedy.

for Occurrences 47%

Women teachers, doctors, lawyers, women of leisure are the advocates of special legislation for industrial women.

BY Occurrences 43%

GOVERNMENT LEGISLATION BY ENGLAND, BELGIUM, GERMANY.

as Occurrences 23%

I draw this inference from the fact that in the next quarter resistance to capitalistic methods began to take shape in such legislation as the Interstate Commerce Law and the Sherman Act, and almost at the opening of the present century a progressively rigorous opposition found for its mouthpiece the President of the Union himself.

over Occurrences 15%

The arch-conspiratorthe haughty and defiant dictatorwould not only exclude Congress from all legislation over its own territory in the national District, but he now would make Congress bolster up his cause.

to Occurrences 14%

Whatever further adjustment of the Constitution may be effected in time to come, the door can no longer be closed persistently against the wishes of the people when they entrust the work of legislation to a Liberal Government.

with Occurrences 13%

A very large part of the litigation, injustice, dissatisfaction, and contempt for law which we deplore, results from ignorant and inconsiderate legislation with perfectly good intentions.

under Occurrences 11%

This has arisen from the abundant legislation under czar Alexis and czar Peter the Great, to prevent Christian serfs from entering the service of Mohammedan masters.

within Occurrences 8%

In short, that the general government is eased of all the burdens of legislation within its exclusive jurisdiction, save that of hiring a scrivener to copy off the acts of the Maryland and Virginia legislatures as fast as they are passed, and engross them, under the title of "Laws of the United States, for the District of Columbia!"

at Occurrences 8%

" "Who named him to the Signoria?" "Donato knew him well, and Morosini and all our ablest men; and his knowledge of the ways of Rome, where he hath been much in legislation at the Vatican, is a power in the Senatewhich hath no mind to be taken in argument, nor to fail in courtesy, nor to show ignorance in its demands.

about Occurrences 7%

Besides, the Nickel Trust had recently absorbed all its competitors to such an extent that it had no rivals at all, and the dangers that threatened it lay on the one hand in the growing strength of the Labour Party in its great movement against capital, and on the other in its position with regard to recent American legislation about Trusts.

from Occurrences 4%

They believed that the utmost concession that could be safely made to democracy was the power to select suitable men to legislate for the common good, and nothing is more striking in the Constitution than the care with which they sought to remove the powers of legislation from the direct action of the people.

into Occurrences 3%

Every measure which the minister proposed was rejected; and under the guidance of one of their members, Duval d'Esprémesnil, the councilors at last proceeded so far as to take the initiative in new legislation into their own hands.

along Occurrences 3%

As Vice-President, Jefferson had but little to do officially, but he was as busy as ever with his pen, and in pulling political wires,especially in doing all he could to obstruct legislation along the lines laid down by the Federal leaders.

than Occurrences 3%

For my own part, I believe that a second legislative body, returned by the same constituency as the House of Assembly, under some differences with respect to time and mode of election, would be a greater check on ill-considered legislation than the Council as it is now constituted.

throughout Occurrences 3%

Similar conditions seem to lead to similar legislation throughout the modern world.

before Occurrences 2%

There was, however, a little early Saxon legislation before the Conquest.

during Occurrences 2%

In 1881 was published a Supplement (known as Richardson's Supplement) containing congressional legislation during the years 18741881.

without Occurrences 2%

Before we enter the question of women's rights during the Middle Ages, we must take a general survey of the character of that period; for obviously we cannot understand its legislation without some idea of the background of social, political, and intellectual life.

through Occurrences 1%

By cautiously confining this remedy within the sphere prescribed to it in the cotemporaneous expositions of the framers of the Constitution, the will of the people, legitimately expressed on all subjects of legislation through their constitutional organs, the Senators and Representatives of the United States, will have its full effect.

up Occurrences 1%

But the great achievements of legislation up to 1300 remain the re-establishment of English law, as shown in the great charters of John, Henry III, and the confirmation of Edward I. And Magna Charta had to be read once a year (like our Declaration of Independence), and for breach of it a king might be excommunicated; and Henry III himself, according to Cobbet, feared that the Archbishop of Canterbury was about to do so.

due Occurrences 1%

World War, underlying cause of, 106; encroachments on liberty during, 115; increase in crime since close of, 214-217; spirit of super-patriotism a result of, 219-220; restrictive legislation due to, 220.

Which preposition to use with  legislation