(law, UK, Ireland, formerly, _, HK) A title given to a collection of related acts (or other pieces of legislation) to facilitate citation.
(law, UK, Ireland, formerly, _, HK) A title given to a collection of related acts (or other pieces of legislation) to facilitate citation.
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(law, UK) A collective title for a particular collection of Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom relating to the electoral system; not merely equivalent to every Representation of the People Act.
(law, Commonwealth, US, Philippines) The formal, official title of an act (or other piece of legislation); such titles are rarely (if ever) used in practice, and in some cases consist of hundreds of words.
(UK, law, in citation) ; formerly called Acts of the National Assembly for Wales, and only used for Acts passed after the change of name.
The act of congregating or collecting together.
(UK, law) A stock short title used for an Act of Parliament that authorises HM Treasury to issue funds out of the consolidated fund.