单词 | public bill |
释义 | > as lemmaspublic bill public bill n. †(a) a document or notice fixed in a public place (obsolete rare); (b) British a Parliamentary bill which deals with matters of national policy and is generally applicable to the whole of the United Kingdom, or to one of its constituent jurisdictions, or to a major locality; contrasted with private bill n. at private adj.1, adv., and n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > law > types of laws > [noun] > affecting community at large public bill1579 public act1598 Corporation Act1679 public statute1739 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 571 He tooke all power & authority from Lucullus..& did moreouer prohibite by publicke bills [Fr. affiches] set vp in euery common place , that they should no more repayre vnto him. 1607 Jrnl. House of Commons 27 June (1803) I. 388 It was followed, and pressed, as a publick Bill, but was indeed, by all former Precedents, to be accounted and taken as a private Bill, being only for Three Shires. 1859 T. E. May Law of Parl. (ed. 4) xxiv. 613 Established by a public bill, brought in by the government, but otherwise treated as a private or ‘hybrid’ bill. 1996 F. Krug et al. Three Pillars Liberty iii. 45 Public bills..are debated in principle by both chambers and then go for detailed scrutiny into standing committee (in the Commons) and a committee of the whole House in the Lords. < as lemmas |
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