act of parliament

See also: Act of Parliament

English

Alternative forms

• Act of Parliament (chiefly formal)

Noun

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.
   • 1839, British Farmer's Magazine, volume 3, page 187:

     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.

Derived terms

• Act of Parliament clock
• act

Translations

law which has received assent

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 議會法案／议会法案 (yìhuì fǎ'àn), 議會立法／议会立法 (yìhuì lìfǎ)

• Finnish: laki (fi)
• French: acte du Parlement m
• Georgian: პარლამენტის გადაწყვეტილება (ṗarlamenṭis gadac̣q̇veṭileba), პარლამენტის აქტი (ṗarlamenṭis akṭi), საკანონმდებლო აქტი (saḳanonmdeblo akṭi)
• German: Parlamentsgesetz m, förmliches Gesetz m
• Hungarian: törvény (hu), parlamenti törvény
• Indonesian: undang-undang (id)
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• Malay: akta parlimen
• Romanian: act al Parlamentului n
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