单词 | primary legislation |
释义 | > as lemmasprimary legislation primary legislation n. (a) originally British legislation introduced by the government, e.g. by Act of Parliament, which therefore forms the framework or prompt for subsequent legislation; (b) U.S. legislation relating to primary elections. ΚΠ 1867 Times 4 Sept. 5/5 It would be found..that all the lines were paying their working expenses, and would be paying all their interest charges, had the primary legislation for railways only allowed an irredeemable debenture issue. 1898 N.Y. Times 18 Jan. 4 Representatives of the reform movement..were in conference with Gov. Black this morning for over an hour on the question of primary legislation. 1958 A. Leiserson Parties & Politics vi. 245 These ideas are reflected in the laws of several states which have experimented with primary legislation during the past ten years. 2004 Daily Tel. 28 Jan. 5/6 If the Government wanted to raise the £3,000 figure before 2010 it would need to introduce a new Bill,..known as primary legislation. < as lemmas |
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