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ingrossment

ingrossment noun: prior to the abolition of inrollment in 1849, the act of preparing a parliamentary bill for royal assent by entering it onto a roll, incorporating any amendments. Also the archaic form of engrossment.

Noun

ingrossment (countable and uncountable, plural ingrossments)

  1. (UK, historical) Prior to the abolition of inrollment in 1849, the act of preparing a parliamentary bill for royal assent by entering it onto a roll, incorporating any amendments.

Also used as

ingrossment is also the archaic form of engrossment.

Forms of ingrossment

pluralingrossments

Questions about ingrossment

What does ingrossment mean?
Ingrossment means prior to the abolition of inrollment in 1849, the act of preparing a parliamentary bill for royal assent by entering it onto a roll, incorporating any amendments.
What part of speech is ingrossment?
Ingrossment is a noun.
What is the plural of ingrossment?
The plural of ingrossment is ingrossments.

Words near ingrossment in the dictionary

  1. ingrosser
  2. ingrossers
  3. ingrosses
  4. ingrosseth
  5. ingrossing
  6. ingrossment
  7. ingrossments
  8. inground
  9. ingrounded
  10. ingrounding
  11. ingrounds

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