pass+a+bill

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• pass the bill — approve a proposed law …   English contemporary dictionary

• PASS — vi 1 a: to issue a decision, verdict, or opinion the Supreme Court pass ed on a statute b: to be legally issued judgment pass ed by default 2: to go from the control, ownership, or possession of one person or group to that of …   Law dictionary

• Bill of attainder — A bill of attainder (also known as an act or writ of attainder) is an act of legislature declaring a person or group of persons guilty of some crime and punishing them without benefit of a trial. The United States Constitution forbids both the… …   Wikipedia

• bill — I n. proposed law 1) to draft; introduce, propose; oppose; pass; support a bill 2) to move; railroad a bill through a legislature 3) to quash, reject, vote down; veto a bill 4) to shelve a bill banknote (AE) 5) to break, change; pass a bill 6)… …   Combinatory dictionary

• Pass laws — Apartheid legislation in South Africabingbongp  Apartheid legislation in South Africa Precursors Hut tax Franchise and Ballot Act (1892) Natal Legislative Assembly Bill (1894) General Pass Regulations Bill (1905) Asiatic Registration Act… …   Wikipedia

• pass — [c]/pas / (say pahs) verb (passed or, Rare, past, passing) –verb (t) 1. to go by or move past (something). 2. to go by without acting upon or noticing; leave unmentioned. 3. to omit payment of (a dividend, etc.). 4. to go or get through (a… …  

• bill — ▪ I. bill bill 1 [bɪl] noun [countable] 1. ACCOUNTING a list showing how much you have to pay for services or goods received; = INVOICE: • big companies that fail to settle their …   Financial and business terms

• pass — ▪ I. pass pass 1 [pɑːs ǁ pæs] verb 1. [transitive] if an official group passes a law, proposal etc, or it passes that group, it is accepted by them, especially by voting: • Shareholders of Fibreboard Corp. narrowly passed a measure doubling the… …   Financial and business terms

• bill — I UK [bɪl] / US noun [countable] Word forms bill : singular bill plural bills *** 1) a written statement showing how much money you owe someone for goods or services you have received a telephone bill bill for: I hate to think what the bill for… …   English dictionary

• pass — I Permission to pass; a license to go or come; a certificate, emanating from authority, wherein it is declared that a designated person is permitted to go beyond certain boundaries which, without such authority, he could not lawfully pass. Also a …   Black's law dictionary

• bill — bill1 [ bıl ] noun count *** ▸ 1 amount you owe ▸ 2 paper money ▸ 3 proposal for law ▸ 4 bird s beak ▸ 5 list of concert events ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) a written statement showing how much money you owe someone for goods or services you have received:… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English