This glossary contains words related to legislation and rules
Confer
verb
grant or bestow (a title, degree, benefit, or right)
Example: moves were made to confer an honorary degree on her
es: Conferir
Enact
verb
make (a bill or other proposal) law.
Example: legislation was enacted in 1987 to attract international companies
es: Promulgar
Guardianship
noun
the position of being legally responsible for the care of someone who is unable to manage their own affairs
Example: she was granted temporary guardianship of the three children
es: Tutela
Impose
verb
force (something unwelcome or unfamiliar) to be accepted or put in place.
Example: the decision was theirs and was not imposed on them by others
es: Imponer
Legislation
noun
laws, considered collectively.
Example: The legislation has a fundamental weakness
es: Legislación
Mandate
noun
an official order or commission to do something
Example: I have a mandate to withdraw money from the account
es: Mandato
Obligation
noun
an act or course of action to which a person is morally or legally bound; a duty or commitment.
Example: I have an obligation to look after her
es: Obligacion
Omission
noun
a failure to do something, especially something that one has a moral or legal obligation to do.
Example: to pay compensation for a wrongful act or omission
es: Omisión
Parameter
noun
a numerical or other measurable factor forming one of a set that defines a system or sets the conditions of its operation.
Example: the transmission will not let you downshift unless your speed is within the lower gear's parameters
es: Parámetro
Phonetics
noun
the study and classification of speech sounds.
Example: a phonetics laboratory
es: Fonética
Power
verb
the capacity or ability to direct or influence the behavior of others or the course of events.
Example: she had me under her power
es: Potestad
Relative
adjective
considered in relation or in proportion to something else.
Example: the relative effectiveness of the various mechanisms is not known
es: Relativo
Rule
noun
a statement that tells you what is or is not allowed in a particular game, situation, etc
Example: we try to follow the golden rule
es: Regla
Semantics
noun
the branch of linguistics and logic concerned with meaning. There are a number of branches and subbranches of semantics, including formal semantics, which studies the logical aspects of meaning, such as sense, reference, implication, and logical form, lexical semantics, which studies word meanings and word relations, and conceptual semantics, which studies the cognitive structure of meaning.
Example: such quibbling over semantics may seem petty stuff
es: Semántica
Sovereignty
noun
supreme power or authority
Example: how can we hope to wrest sovereignty away from the oligarchy and back to the people?
