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Example sentences for "private bill"

  • If the bill is a private bill, it is called up for consideration on Friday, which is private bill day.

  • An example of a public bill is one regulating commerce; an example of a private bill is one granting a pension to a particular individual, or settling a claim of a person against the government.

  • The distinction between a public bill and a private bill is that the former deals with matters of general interest to the public, while the latter deals with matters of interest to a single individual or a small class.

  • This is, indeed, the primary object of its existence, but, together with a description of the various committees employed in private bill legislation, it must be postponed to a later chapter.

  • The petitioner is not, indeed, compelled to resort to a provisional order, but may avoid the direct control of the Board of Trade by means of a private bill in Parliament.

  • But a private bill is handled in a manner largely peculiar to itself.

  • A private bill is one which has in view the interest of some particular locality, person, or collection of persons.

  • After having been scrutinized and approved by parliamentary officials known as Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, a private bill is introduced in one of the two houses.

  • A private bill to authorize the undertaking is introduced before one or other of the Houses of Parliament, considered in committee, and either passed or rejected like a public bill.

  • It contained a number of provisions applicable to inclosures, which could be incorporated by reference, in a private bill.

  • These parliamentary (private bill) committees are tribunals acknowledging certain rules of policy, taking evidence from witnesses and hearing arguments from professional advocates.

  • The Scottish Act substituted for procedure by means of a Private Bill, procedure in the first instance by means of a Provisional Order.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    furnished with; give battle; power plant; private audience; private capital; private citizen; private citizens; private companies; private corporations; private enterprise; private estate; private individuals; private inquiry; private interests; private land; private letter; private letters; private libraries; private life; private property; private school; private sitting; private wealth; privately printed; satisfactory adjustment; you would