legislative act

Noun
  1. referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
    is a type of: act, enactment - a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
    subtypes:
    • fair-trade act - formerly a state law that protected manufacturers from price-cutting by allowing them to set minimum retail prices for their merchandise; eliminated by the United States Congress in 1975
    • stamp act - an act passed by the British Parliament in 1756 that raised revenue from the American Colonies by a duty in the form of a stamp required on all newspapers and legal or commercial documents; opposition by the Colonies resulted in the repeal of the act in 1766
    • enabling act, enabling clause - a provision in a law that confers on appropriate officials the power to implement or enforce the law
    • fisa, foreign intelligence surveillance act - an act passed by Congress in 1978 to establish procedures for requesting judicial authorization for foreign intelligence surveillance and to create the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court; intended to increase United States counterintelligence; separate from ordinary law enforcement surveillance
    • ordinance - a statute enacted by a city government
    • special act - a legislative act that applies only to a particular person or particular district
    has: rider - a clause that is appended to a legislative bill
    same as: statute

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