legislative_act (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *legislative act*:
NOUN	communication	legislative act, statute	an act passed by a legislative body

English > *legislative act*: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
Meaning	An act passed by a legislative body.
Synonym	statute
Category	law, jurisprudence	The collection of rules imposed by authority
Parts	rider	A clause that is appended to a legislative bill
Narrower	Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, FISA	An act passed by Congress in 1978 to establish procedures for requesting judicial authorization for foreign / foreign intelligence surveillance and to create the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
	Stamp Act	An act passed by the British Parliament in 1756 that raised revenue from the American Colonies by a duty in the form of a stamp required on all newspapers and legal or commercial documents
	enabling act, enabling clause	A provision in a law that confers on appropriate officials the power to implement or enforce the law
	fair-trade act	formerly a state law that protected manufacturers / manufacturers from price-cutting by allowing them to set minimum retail prices for their merchandise
	ordinance	A statute enacted by a city government
	special act	A legislative act that applies only to a particular person or particular district
Broader	act, enactment	A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
Spanish	estatut, estatuto, ley
Catalan	estatut, legislació, llei

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