Act of Parliament

Believe it or not, an Act of Parliament making it legal for a widower to marry his deceased wife's sister.

Archive 2007-09-01 Burke's Corner 2007

Believe it or not, an Act of Parliament making it legal for a widower to marry his deceased wife's sister.

When conservatives get it wrong Burke's Corner 2007

A ruling that an Act of Parliament is incompatible with the ECHR does not detract from the validity of the Act.

Archive 2004-12-19 2004

A ruling that an Act of Parliament is incompatible with the ECHR does not detract from the validity of the Act.

B2fxxx 2004

Parliament did not have the power to effect the provisions contemplated in that Act by means of ordinary Act of Parliament, as opposed to an Act amending the Constitution.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2002

Why, my Act of Parliament is enough to frighten all good

A Dialogue Between Dean Swift and Tho. Prior, Esq. In the Isles of St. Patrick's Church, Dublin, On that Memorable Day, October 9th, 1753 Anonymous

By a recent Act of Parliament, foot passengers crossing Blackfriars-bridge are allowed to walk on whichever side of it they like best.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 2, 1841 Various

Constitution would bear on its face that the Act of Parliament on which it depended could be changed by the British Parliament as lawfully as can the Act 18 & 19 Vict.c. 55, which calls into existence the

England's Case Against Home Rule Albert Venn Dicey 1878

But on Friday May 13, as part of Museums at Night weekend, bookable, curator-led candlelit tours will offer a rare glimpse of the house that an Act of Parliament has kept just as it was when its owner was alive and in occupation.

Evening Standard - Home Philippa Stockley 2011

The Australian Stock Company, incorporated by Act of Parliament for the Cultivation and Improvement of the Waste Lands in the Colony of New South Wales’, established its headquarters here in the early days of land settlement.

Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009