| 单词 | private member's bill |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprivate member's bill private member's bill n. a bill introduced by a private member. ΘΚΠ society > law > [noun] > bill > general types of overture1561 bill of review1623 transmiss1764 personal bill1844 remanet1845 private member's bill1872 counter-bill1880 Bill of Rights1892 proposition1911 1872 Times 11 May 6/6 His Bill had passed through the House at those hours when private members' Bills only could pass. 1939 W. I. Jennings Parliament vii. 180 Many private members' Bills are ‘inspired’ by interests outside. 1973 Austral. Humanist 26 1/1 The victory of the Roman Catholic-dominated Right to Life Association over the McKenzie-Lamb private members Bill to provide abortions on request..will be seen by social historians of the future as pyrrhic. 2003 Independent 15 Apr. i. 9/2 Lord Joffe, who has introduced a private member's Bill allowing assisted suicide, said yesterday that a new law was inevitable, despite the lack of government support. < as lemmas |
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