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act of parliament en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A law which has received assent (royal, presidential or gubernatorial) after having been passed by the houses (or house) of a parliament.
   • 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. 1839, British Farmer's Magazine, volume 3, page 187:

Forms

Deriveds

Act of Parliament clock · act

Translations (15)

fr acte du Parlement (law which has received assent) · ka პარლამენტის აქტი (law which has received assent) · hu törvény (law which has received assent) · id undang-undang (law which has received assent) · ka პარლამენტის გადაწყვეტილება (law which has received assent) · ms akta parlimen (law which has received assent) · ro act al Parlamentului (law which has received assent) · fi laki (law which has received assent) · hu parlamenti törvény (law which has received assent) · cmn 議會立法 /议会立法 (law which has received assent) · pl ustawa parlamentarna (law which has received assent) · ka საკანონმდებლო აქტი (law which has received assent) · de förmliches Gesetz (law which has received assent) · de Parlamentsgesetz (law which has received assent) · cmn 議會法案 /议会法案 (law which has received assent)