"act of parliament" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: acts of parliament [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|acts of parliament}} act of parliament (plural acts of parliament)
  1. A law which has received assent (royal, presidential or gubernatorial) after having been passed by the houses (or house) of a parliament. Wikipedia link: act of parliament Categories (topical): Law Synonyms: Act of Parliament [formal] Derived forms: Act of Parliament clock, act Translations (law which has received assent): 議會法案 (Chinese Mandarin), 议会法案 (yìhuì fǎ'àn) (Chinese Mandarin), 議會立法 (Chinese Mandarin), 议会立法 (yìhuì lìfǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), laki (Finnish), acte du Parlement [masculine] (French), პარლამენტის გადაწყვეტილება (ṗarlamenṭis gadac̣q̇veṭileba) (Georgian), პარლამენტის აქტი (ṗarlamenṭis akṭi) (Georgian), საკანონმდებლო აქტი (saḳanonmdeblo akṭi) (Georgian), Parlamentsgesetz [masculine] (German), förmliches Gesetz [masculine] (German), törvény (Hungarian), parlamenti törvény (Hungarian), undang-undang (Indonesian), akta parlimen (Malay), act al Parlamentului [neuter] (Romanian)

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