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act of parliament

act of parliament noun: a law which has received assent (royal, presidential or gubernatorial) after having been passed by the houses (or house) of a parliament.

Noun (1)

act of parliament (plural acts of parliament)

  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

Noun (2) capitalized: Act of Parliament

Act of Parliament (plural Acts of Parliament)

  1. (formal) Alternative letter-case form of act of parliament.

act of parliament meaning in Malay and Indonesian

act of parliament in Malay

law which has received assent
akta parlimen

act of parliament in Indonesian

law which has received assent
undang-undang

Forms of act of parliament

pluralacts of parliament
alternative formalAct of Parliament
pluralActs of Parliament

Words formed from act of parliament

Questions about act of parliament

What does act of parliament mean?
Act of parliament means a law which has received assent (royal, presidential or gubernatorial) after having been passed by the houses (or house) of a parliament.
What is act of parliament in Malay?
Act of parliament in Malay is akta parlimen. See Act of parliament meaning in Malay.
What part of speech is act of parliament?
Act of parliament is a noun.
What is the plural of act of parliament?
The plural of act of parliament is acts of parliament.

Words near act of parliament in the dictionary

  1. act of Congress
  2. act of darkness
  3. act of faith
  4. act of God
  5. act of independent significance
  6. act of parliament
  7. Act of Parliament clock
  8. Act of Parliament clocks
  9. act of sederunt
  10. act of war
  11. act on

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