Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See legalization, legalize.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the act of legalizing; same as
legalization .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
legalization .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of making lawful
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Examples
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Prohibition has failed; legalisation is the least bad solution
Boing Boing 2009
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Looking at whether law reform proposals meet these criteria seems far more useful than whether they use the term legalisation or decriminalisation.
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Economic Empowerment would be influenced by the "legalisation" of illegal immigrants.
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The term 'legalisation' is inaccurate because it implies that sex work is currently
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The term 'legalisation' is inaccurate because it implies that sex work is currently
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There needs to be a thumping increase in alcohol taxes, a clampdown on public drunkenness, and the legalisation, taxation and regulation of currently illicit narcotic distribution, graded according to the Nutt committee's hierarchy of harms – as may happen in California.
Britain's drugs hypocrisy is a giant self-inflicted wound Simon Jenkins 2010
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The report does not recommend anything so radical as legalisation or the abolition of drug classification.
Britain's drugs hypocrisy is a giant self-inflicted wound Simon Jenkins 2010
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David RichingerZürich• A Diary item 22 April said I threatened to walk off the platform during a debate on drugs, "when an audience member pointed out that his brother had been for many years an ardent campaigner for the legalisation of cannabis".
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Whilst legislation is vital to achieve meaningful change in society, it is important to not get carried away with legalisation for legislation sake.
Why child poverty will still exist by 2020… « My Liberal Democrat Political Ramblings… 2009
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Though he has never before run for office, Paul's name recognition gave him a leg-up: he is the son of Ron Paul, America's foremost libertarian who wants to see the dismantling of the entire federal government, including a total withdrawal of US troops from around the world and the legalisation of marijuana.
Tea Party scores first election night victory as Rand Paul takes Kentucky Kentucky Ed Pilkington in Bowling Green 2010
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