| 单词 | private act |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprivate Act private Act n. a British parliamentary Act affecting only the interests of a particular individual or small group of individuals (as a corporation, local area, etc.); cf. public act n. at public adj. and n. Compounds 1b. ΘΚΠ society > law > types of laws > [noun] > with reference to individual privilege1483 private bill1572 private Acta1638 a1638 R. Brownlow Rep. Diverse Cases: 2nd Pt. (1651) 325 Coke cheife Justice..did agree that the Arbitrement, the Convaiance, nor the private Act made nothing in the Case, for by these the Commoner cannot be barred of his Common. 1705 Laws conc. Poor vi. 78 Being a private Act none can be indicted. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) V. 527 An estate tail, granted by Richard III. to the Derby family..which by a private act of 4 Jac. I. was limited to the heirs male of the family in a different manner from that in which it had been limited by the letters patent. 1991 J. Kingdom Local Govt. & Politics in Brit. xiii. 213 Parliament sometimes extended the provisions of a good private Act to cover all areas by passing a public Act. 2005 E. K. Bankas State Immunity Controv. Internat. Law iv. 75 If the act is by its nature such as any private person could engage in, as, for instance, a contract or a loan, the act, whatever its purpose, is a private act. < as lemmas |
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