Noun
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act of parliament (plural acts of parliament)
A law which has received assent (royal, presidential or gubernatorial) after having been passed by the houses (or house) of a parliament.
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Act of Parliament (plural Acts of Parliament)
(chiefly formal) Alternative letter-case form of act of parliament
People must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun. There is no reference to fun in any Act of Parliament. A. P. Herbert
One cannot make men good by Act of Parliament. Walter Bagehot
Inconvenience arising from the operation of an Act of Parliament can be no ground of argument in a Court of law. Richard Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley
I think the motives of the legislature in passing an Act of Parliament are to be taken to be proper motives. Sir John Bayley, 1st Baronet
We ought not to decide hastily against the words of an Act of Parliament. Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon
You cannot make people honest by an act of parliament. English Proverb