adoptive Act
British
noun
An Act of Parliament which does not come into force in a district until formally adopted by a local authority or other public body.
Origin
Late 19th century.
- Square Mile
- squareness
- square number
- square off
- square perch
- square piano
- square pole
- squarer
- square-rigged
- square-rigger
- square rod
- square root
- square sail
- square-shouldered
- square someone off
- square something away
- squaretail
- square the circle
- square-toed
- square up
- square wave
- squarish
- squark
- squash
- squashberry