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Law in force
in force, a law cannot be said to be in force unless it is brought into operation by legislative enactment, or by the exercise of authority by a delegate empowered to bring it into operation. The theory
Cabinet
Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth, Wilding and Philip Laundy, p. 70. The executive and legislative powers are vested in cabinet which is individually and collectively responsible to Parliament. Cabinet functions as long as
act
legal duty to do called also negative act 2 a often cap : the formal product of a legislative body : the formally declared will of a legislature the final requirement of which is usually the signature
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assembly
a company of persons collected together in one place usually for some common purpose b cap : a legislative body esp. that makes up the lower house of a legislature see also general assembly, legislative assembly 2
chamber
"R. H. Bork"] [a hearing in chambers] 2 a : a hall for the meetings of a deliberative, legislative, or judicial body or assembly [to run back into the House "Tip O'Neill"] b : a legislative or
congress
encounter, from congredi to approach, meet] 1 : a formal meeting of delegates 2 a : the supreme legislative body of a nation and esp. a republic b cap : the legislative branch of the United States
interpretive rule
by an administrative agency that only clarifies or explains existing laws or regulations called also interpretative rule compare legislative rule NOTE: An interpretive rule does not have to meet the requirements set out in the Administrative Procedure
parliament
: an assemblage of the nobility, clergy, and commons called together by the British sovereign as the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom b : a similar assemblage in another nation or state 2 : the
redistrict
redistrict : to divide anew into districts ;specif : to revise the legislative districts of vi : to revise legislative districts
separation of powers
separation of powers 1 : the constitutional allocation of the legislative, executive, and judicial powers among the three branches of government 2 : the doctrine under which the legislative,
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