act of parliament
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See also: Act of Parliament
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- Act of Parliament (chiefly formal)
Noun[edit]
act of parliament (plural acts of parliament)
- A law which has received assent (royal, presidential or gubernatorial) after having been passed by the houses (or house) of a parliament.
- 1839, British Farmer's Magazine, volume 3, page 187:
- No cloggings, lumps of dirt, or underlocks should be suffered to be rolled up with the fleece, as such a practice is unfair to the purchaser, and by act of parliament there is a heavy penalty attached to those who are convicted of doing it.
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Translations[edit]
law which has received assent
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