Engrossed Bill - Law Dictionary Search Results

Home Dictionary Name: engrossed bill

engross [Anglo-French engrosser to put (a legal document) in final form, from Medieval Latin ingrossare, from in grossam (put) into final form, literally, (written) in large (letter)] : to prepare the usually final handwritten or printed text of (as a bill or resolution) esp. for final passage or approval [the amendment was ordered to be ed "Congressional Record"] see also engrossed bill at bill compare enroll NOTE: A bill or resolution is engrossed in the Congress and some state legislatures before its third reading and final passage by one of the legislative houses. en·gross·ment n ...

bill

bill 1 : a draft of a law presented to a legislature for enactment ;also : the law itself [the GI ] ap·pro·pri·a·tions bill [ə-prō-prē-ā-shənz-] : a bill providing money for government expenses and programs NOTE: Appropriations bills originate in the House of Representatives. bill of attainder 1 : a legislative act formerly permitted that attainted a person and imposed a sentence of death without benefit of a judicial trial see also attainder compare bill of pains and penalties in this entry 2 : a legislative act that imposes any punishment on a named or implied individual or group without a trial NOTE: Bills of attainder are prohibited by Article I of the U.S. Constitution. bill of pains and penalties : a legislative act formerly permitted that imposed a punishment less severe than death without benefit of a judicial trial compare bill of attainder in this entry NOTE: The term bill of attainder is often used to include bills of p...

enroll

enroll or en·rol vt en·rolled en·roll·ing 1 : to insert, register, or enter in a list, catalog, or roll [enrolled the deed] 2 : to prepare a final copy of (a bill passed by a legislature) in written or printed form see also enrolled bill at bill compare engross en·roll·ment n ...

Draft, or draught

Draft, or draught, a bill drawn by one person upon another for a sum of money; an order in writing to pay money; also a sketch or suggested form of a legal or any document, etc., to be settled previously to engrossment. Drafts are the property of the client, in business within the Solicitors Remuneration Order, 1882 (see SOLICITOR), by r. 3 of that Order. See CHEQUE....

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