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act of parliament

n. (alternative spelling of Act of Parliament English)

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Act of Parliament

An Act of Parliament is a statute enacted as primary legislation by a national or sub-national parliament. In the Republic of Ireland the term Act of the Oireachtas is used, and in the United States the term Act of Congress is used.

In Commonwealth countries, the term is used both in a narrow sense, as the formal description of a policy passed in certain territories, and in a wider (generic) sense for primary legislation passed in any country.

Usage examples of "act of parliament".

It was therefore impossible for Jones to do without child labour until such time as an act of Parliament should forbid it for all employers.

The monopoly of the trade to the South Seas was granted, and the company, being incorporated by Act of Parliament, assumed the title by which it has ever since been known.

They embarked on their career on a loan of twelve hundred pounds, and their income in 1789, after relief by a fresh Act of Parliament, amounted to less than three hundred.

Such a process was in fact illegal, for the King, as a minor, had no right to alter his father's arrangements for the succession since they had been confirmed by Act of Parliament.

Guilford, who had happily anticipated the pleasures of kingship, flew into a temper at this, and raged at his wife, 'I will be made king by you, and by Act of Parliament!

A tragedy of ordinary occurrence even in those days when social inequalities were being abolished by act of Parliament.

She warmly befriended Mary, and it was thanks to her influence that both princesses were reinstated in the succession by an Act of Parliament passed in 1543, although neither were declared legitimate.

Upon emergency act of Parliament, I have been given broad discretionary powers.

DEFENSE MINISTER (irritably): To my knowledge, the existence of matter outside our atmosphere has not been outlawed by any treaty or act of parliament.