royal assent en · NOUN
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(uncountable) The method by which a constitutional monarch (or a viceroy in a colony or dominion) formally approves and promulgates an act of his or her nation's parliament, thus making it a law.
The Transport Act, 1962, received Royal Assent on August 1.
1962 October, “Talking of Trains: The Transport Act, 1962”, in Modern Railways, page 219:
Translations (9)
gl sanción real (method by which a constitutional monarch approves a law) · cy cydsyniad brenhinol (method by which a constitutional monarch approves a law) · cmn 御准 (method by which a constitutional monarch approves a law) · fi kuninkaan hyväksyntä (method by which a constitutional monarch approves a law) · id pengesahan raja (method by which a constitutional monarch approves a law) · ru короле́вская са́нкция (method by which a constitutional monarch approves a law) · fr sanction royale (method by which a constitutional monarch approves a law) · pt consentimento real (method by which a constitutional monarch approves a law) · ms perkenan diraja (method by which a constitutional monarch approves a law)