20 relations: Act of Parliament, Bill (law), Constitutional law, Executive (government), Government, Judiciary, Legislator, Legislature, Meeting (parliamentary procedure), Order in Council, Primary and secondary legislation, Promulgation, Referendum, Regulation, Separation of powers, Special legislation, Statutory interpretation, Statutory law, Treaty of Rome, Westminster system.
Act of Parliament
Acts of Parliament, also called primary legislation, are statutes passed by a parliament (legislature).
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Bill (law)
A bill is proposed legislation under consideration by a legislature.
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Constitutional law
Constitutional law is a body of law which defines the role, powers, and structure of different entities within a state, namely, the executive, the parliament or legislature, and the judiciary; as well as the basic rights of citizens and, in federal countries such as the United States and Canada, the relationship between the central government and state, provincial, or territorial governments.
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Executive (government)
The executive is the organ exercising authority in and holding responsibility for the governance of a state.
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Government
A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, often a state.
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Judiciary
The judiciary (also known as the judicial system or court system) is the system of courts that interprets and applies the law in the name of the state.
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Legislator
A legislator (or lawmaker) is a person who writes and passes laws, especially someone who is a member of a legislature.
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Legislature
A legislature is a deliberative assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city.
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Meeting (parliamentary procedure)
According to Robert's Rules of Order, a widely used guide to parliamentary procedure, a meeting is a gathering of a group of people to make decisions.
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Order in Council
An Order in Council is a type of legislation in many countries, especially the Commonwealth realms.
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Primary and secondary legislation
In parliamentary systems and presidential systems of government, primary legislation and secondary legislation, the latter also called delegated legislation or subordinate legislation, are two forms of law, created respectively by the legislative and executive branches of government.
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Promulgation
Promulgation is the formal proclamation or declaration that a new statutory or administrative law is enacted after its final approval.
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Referendum
A referendum (plural: referendums or referenda) is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is invited to vote on a particular proposal.
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Regulation
Regulation is an abstract concept of management of complex systems according to a set of rules and trends.
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Separation of powers
The separation of powers is a model for the governance of a state.
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Special legislation
Special legislation is a legal term of art used in the United States which refers to acts of a state legislature which apply only to part of a class—a particular person, thing, or locale within a given class.
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Statutory interpretation
Statutory interpretation is the process by which courts interpret and apply legislation.
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Statutory law
Statutory law or statute law is written law set down by a body of legislature or by a singular legislator (in the case of absolute monarchy).
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Treaty of Rome
The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU; also referred to as the Treaty of Rome) is one of two treaties forming the constitutional basis of the European Union (EU), the other being the Treaty on European Union (TEU; also referred to as the Treaty of Maastricht).
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Westminster system
The Westminster system is a parliamentary system of government developed in the United Kingdom.
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Act of Provincial Parliment, Acts of Provincial Parliment, Legislate, Legislative act.