collective title
(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, Ireland, formerly, _, HK) A title given to a collection of related acts (or other pieces of legislation) to facilitate citation.
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