Definition of legislative act Legislative act
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| legislative act - an act passed by a legislative body | ||
| statute | ||
| enactment, act the passing of a law by a legislative body | ||
| jurisprudence, law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do | ||
| rider a clause that is appended to a legislative bill | ||
| 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 | ||
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