legislative act

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legislative act - an act passed by a legislative body

statute

rider - a clause that is appended to a legislative bill

act, enactment - a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body

fair-trade act - formerly a state law that protected manufacturers from price-cutting by allowing them to set minimum retail prices for their merchandise; eliminated by the United States Congress in 1975

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; opposition by the Colonies resulted in the repeal of the act in 1766

enabling act, enabling clause - a provision in a law that confers on appropriate officials the power to implement or enforce the law

FISA, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act - an act passed by Congress in 1978 to establish procedures for requesting judicial authorization for foreign intelligence surveillance and to create the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court; intended to increase United States counterintelligence; separate from ordinary law enforcement surveillance

ordinance - a statute enacted by a city government

special act - a legislative act that applies only to a particular person or particular district

law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

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The apportionment of taxes on the various descriptions of property is an act which seems to require the most exact impartiality; yet there is, perhaps, no legislative act in which greater opportunity and temptation are given to a predominant party to trample on the rules of justice.

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But, since the legislative act of 1850, when she heard, with perfect surprise and consternation, Christian and humane people actually recommending the remanding escaped fugitives into slavery, as a duty binding on good citizens,--when she heard, on all hands, from kind, compassionate and estimable people, in the free states of the North, deliberations and discussions as to what Christian duty could be on this head,--she could only think, These men and Christians cannot know what slavery is; if they did, such a question could never be open for discussion.

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The old province of Misamis was divided into two separate provinces - Misamis Occidental and Misamis Oriental - by virtue of Legislative Act No.

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But Washington's secretary of state, Sam Reed, and public records officer, Brenda Galarza, say that signing a petition is a legislative act not entitled to secrecy.

Full disclosure: the Supreme Court will soon decide if petition signers are entitled to privacy

If the court strikes down some legislative act on the grounds that it has not satisfied the state's duty to provide an education, the Legislature cannot respond by doing nothing.

On education, statesmen are in the center

29 on the right of abode in Hong Kong stated that the court has the right to examine whether any legislative act of the mainland's National People's Congress or its Standing Committee is consistent with the Basic Law, the miniconstitution of Hong Kong.

H.K. gov't asks court to clarify jurisdiction dispute

The case involved a lawsuit filed by the head of a city department who charged that a city budget resolution voted on by the council to eliminate the department was a form of administrative retaliation arising from other activities rather than a legislative act. It raised the issue of whether local government legislators are entitled to absolute immunity under Section 1983 when they vote on a municipal ordinance.

Cities win unanimous Supreme Court ruling: local elected officials' immunity affirmed

The State Investments Committee of Uzbekistan began work on creation of a unified legislative act regulating relations in the sphere of investment activities, in accordance with the Decree of the president of Uzbekistan "On measures to radically improve the investment climate in Uzbekistan" dated Aug.

Uzbekistan develops concept of law on investments

In September 2011 (Case T-18/10), the General Court dismissed this action, since the basic regulation is a legislative act, which can be challenged by natural and legal persons only on the dual condition that the act should be of direct and individual concern to them.

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Under the former, legislation approved by the Council and European Parliament may delegate to the Commission "the power to adopt non-legislative acts of general application to supplement or amend certain non-essential elements of the legislative act".

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A legislative act may delegate to the Commission the power to adopt non legislative acts of general application to supplement or amend certain non-essential elements of the legislative act.