| 单词 | personal bill |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspersonal bill personal bill n. (a) an invoice or bill to an individual, rather than a company, etc.; (b) a private bill, usually introduced in the House of Lords, concerned with the estate, status, etc., of a particular individual (see also quot. 1844). ΘΚΠ society > law > [noun] > bill > general types of overture1561 bill of review1623 transmiss1764 personal bill1844 remanet1845 private member's bill1872 counter-bill1880 Bill of Rights1892 proposition1911 1683 [see sense A. 1a]. 1844 T. E. May Law of Parl. xxviii. 457 In the lords the term ‘private’ is applied technically to estate bills only, all other bills being distinguished as ‘local’ or ‘personal’, although in the standing orders no such distinction is expressed. 1973 Jrnl. House of Lords (1974) 14 Nov. 206 29/2 Personal Bills: Select Comee appointed. 2001 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) June 228/2 He began to pay his personal bills with checks from the Rose Law Firm books. < as lemmas |
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