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special act

 
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–noun
a legislative act that applies only to specific persons or to a specific area.
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special act  
n.  A legislative act that applies only to a particular person or area.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Main Entry: special act
Function: noun
: an act of a legislature that is not of general application in all territory subject to the legislative power but affects private persons or only part of a class of persons in the same situation or only part of a more general subject matter or is intended to apply only in a particular subdivision of the entire territory
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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