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The act of making lawful
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legalization
Word definitions for legalization in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In international law , legalization is the process of authenticating or certifying a legal document so a foreign country's legal system will recognize it as with full legal effect.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1805, noun of action from legalize .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The process of making something legal, the process to legalize, decriminalization.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Legalization \Le`gal*i*za"tion\ (l[=e]`gal*[i^]*z[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. The act of making legal.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the act of making lawful [syn: legalisation , legitimation ]
Usage examples of legalization.
He supports legalization because he thinks the government can never win the war on drugs, while prohibition greatly increases violent crime.
CT-LP has denied me my sole remaining goal of defeating Chris Shays, I have moved from being completely uninterested in drug legalization to being virulently, passionately opposed to it.
The quintessential Libertarian argument for drug legalization is that people should be allowed to do what they want with their own bodies even if it ruins their lives.
For example, People for the American Way, founded by Hollywood millionaire Norman Lear, advocates the defeat of school voucher programs, the legalization of gay marriage, and the defeat of the USA Patriot Act.
We were shocked when he replied that he was not aware of any argument in favor of the legalization of marijuana, except to end the lunacy of criminalization for at worst a minor act.
The end of Prohibition was a Sunday-school picnic compared to the legalization of marijuana and cocaine, and the decriminalization of other drugs.
It will be interesting to see which comes first: the legalization of cannabis or conjugal visits.
And the legalization and price regulation of certain drugs had dealt the drug dealers a blow that had cut their profits by 80 percent and their death-dealing volume by two-thirds.
The legalization of certain types of euthanasia had opened the door to more liberal organ donation practices.