Any document, as a contract, agreement, indenture, etc., esp. with seals attached. Obsolete.

Law. law of sewers n. a local law relating to embankment and draining. Statute of Sewers n. the Act 23 Hen. VIII, c. 5, relating to the issuing of…

= Poynings' Law n. at sense 2.

either of the Irish statutes 10 Hen. VII. c. 4, whereby bills could not be introduced into the Irish parliament without first being certified and…

any of the statutes fixing a period of limitation for actions of certain kinds.

Act (or Bill) of Indemnity, an act of Parliament or other authority granting exemption from the penalties attaching to any unconstitutional or…

the cancellation of debt by edict; cf. table, n. 2b.

the name commonly given to the Act 31 Chas. II. c. 2 (1679), whereby the granting and enforcing of this prerogative writ was much facilitated.

(a name given to) a legislative act concerned with the administration of justice; spec. each of a series of statutes establishing the Supreme Court…

a legislative act continuing for a further period a temporary measure.

a legislative enactment establishing a general moratorium.

U.S. Politics. A piece of legislation that abolishes or strips the power from another political body, an agency, etc., esp. that of a political…

a statute passed by an American state after Independence which provides that the common law of England be received as binding in that state, subject…

a rule that public records should normally be open to inspection after a lapse of thirty years from their compilation.

a law requiring certain proceedings of governmental agencies to be open or available to the public.