legalization

legalize | American Dictionary

legalize
verb[ T ]
us/ˈli·ɡəˌlɑɪz/
to allow by law; make legal

legalization

noun[ U ]us/ˌli·ɡə·ləˈzeɪ·ʃən/
Some kind of legalization plan is needed for temporary workers who have become permanent residents.

legalize | Business English

legalize
verb[ T ]
 LAW (UK alsolegalise)uk /ˈliːɡəlaɪz/us
to make something legal when it was previously illegal:
I'm against legalizing drugs.

Examples of legalize

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The policy dimension varies from maintaining, or even reinforcing, a ban on euthanasia (right), to legalizing euthanasia completely (left).
Most of the time, however, we are willing enough to sanctify - to legalize in marriage - an episode of forced violation.
Before this issue was resolved, the government decided to legalize and record unregistered marriages.
The estates general was used to legalize this move, and then disbanded for ever.
After rising to dominance over his competitors by criminal means, he attempted to legalize his 'authority' through the sub-district office.
They wanted to have their holdings legalized so that they could receive loans to upgrade their cattle technology.
Apart from legalizing layoffs, the labour 'dispatch' system was introduced.
The religious law legalizes the use of cunning in trading, but forbids depriving people of their property illegally.
It would have preferred to legalize euthanasia on the basis of a statutory regulation.
How can one account systematically for legalized bedlam?
A policy legalizing euthanasia must consider more than individual tragedy, but whether the policy sustains tragic social conditions.
In this common conviction is born an impetus for controlling the circumstances of our dying and for some, for legalizing euthanasia.
Another way that state legislatures deferred to local actors and actions was to pass laws that ratified or legalized certain activities at the local level.
Although difficult and complex, a programme should be developed that allows legalized tattooing to occur in prisons.
The first answer is: nothing much, because the bill mainly focuses on legalizing presently accepted practices.
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