Meaning | An act passed by a legislative body. |
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Synonym | legislative act |
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Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
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Parts | rider | A clause that is appended to a legislative bill |
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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 |
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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 |
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Spanish | estatut, estatuto, ley |
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Catalan | estatut, legislació, llei |
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Adjectives | statutory | relating to or created by statutes |
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