| 单词 | private bill office |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPrivate Bill Office Private Bill Office n. an office in the Houses of Parliament which deals with business relating to private bills. ΚΠ 1819 Times 26 Mar. 2/5 Leave might be granted them to deposit in the private bill office, a sectional plan of the property through which the rail-road was to run. 1850 in J. Irving Ann. Our Time 30 Nov. (1872) 315/1 Plans for about 104 new schemes were deposited to-day in the Private Bill Office. 1981 Legislative Stud. Q. 6 502 The last of the older offices, the Private Bill Office, which looks after bills for the benefit of particular interests, dates from the first appointment of a Clerk of Private Bills in 1810. < as lemmas |
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