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SPECIAL ACT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does special act mean?
• SPECIAL ACT (noun)
The noun SPECIAL ACT has 1 sense:
1. a legislative act that applies only to a particular person or particular district
Familiarity information: SPECIAL ACT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A legislative act that applies only to a particular person or particular district
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("special act" is a kind of...):
legislative act; statute (an act passed by a legislative body)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
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