Act of Parliament
Westminster's formal law
An Act of Parliament is a law formally passed by a legislature, particularly in countries with parliamentary systems like the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia.
It represents the highest form of domestic law, having completed all required readings and received royal assent.
Acts of Parliament can establish rights, create obligations, or modify existing laws: The Act of Parliament banned smoking in public places.
- statuteEnacted written rule
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- legalPermitted by statute
- third readingLast legislative review stage
- royal assentMonarch's formal legislative approval
law · House of Commons · House of Lords · constitutional provisions · Constitution · select committees · Magna Carta · statutory · devolution · Sovereignty · legislative · first reading · authority · statutory · legislative · authority
- British lawEnglish law, Scottish law, barrister, solicitor, Crown Court
- government documentswhite paper, laws, federal records, gazette, constitutions
- legal documentscontract, affidavit, deed, will, subpoena
- UK GovernmentWestminster, Whitehall, Downing Street, Home Office, Foreign Office
- UK PoliticsHouse of Commons, House of Lords, MP, Tory, Downing Street
- parliamentbills, votes, vote, debate, debates
Act of Parliamentexecutive order
Binding directive from leadership
royal decree · decree · diktat · regulation · presidential proclamation
Act of Parliamentcommon law
Jurisprudence from judicial decisions
unwritten constitution · convention · tradition · gentleman's agreement · practice
Act of Parliamentguideline
Recommended standard for action
advisory · recommendation · suggestion · white paper · policy statement
acted, acting, action, actions, active, actively, activate, activation, actor