单词 | place bill |
释义 | > as lemmasPlace Bill Place Bill n. now historical a version of a Place Act in bill form (see Place Act n.). ΘΚΠ society > law > types of laws > [noun] > political Place Bill1827 Place Act1829 Nacht und Nebel1947 1708 J. Addison Let. 20 Feb. (1941) 93 A project of deciding all Elections by Balloting, which some think may be as prejudicial to the Court as a Place-Bill. 1742 H. Walpole Let. to H. Mann 8 Apr. The Place Bill has met with the same fate from the Lords as the Pension Bill and the Triennial Act. 1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. II. xvi. 617 We owe to this ministry the place-bill of 1743, which..seems to have had a considerable effect; excluding a great number of inferior officers from the house of commons. 1910 Amer. Hist. Rev. 16 27 Marat had suggested reforms in his book: the abolition of rotten boroughs; the transfer to Parliament of the royal privilege to create peers; a place bill. 2004 Oxf. Dict. National Biogr. (Electronic text) at Digby, William Digby was an active legislator during this period, and was involved in drafting the Game Bill of 1693 and redrafting the Place Bill of 1694. < as lemmas |
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