PRIVATE BILL


Meaning of PRIVATE BILL in English

noun

: a legislative bill affecting a particular individual, organization, or locality as distinguished from all the people or the whole area of a political unit (as a nation or state)

the power of the House of Lords to veto private bills — F.A.Magruder

three principal categories of private bills introduced in Congress — S.K.Bailey & H.D.Samuel

— compare public bill

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