sunset law

noun

a statute that includes provision for automatic termination of a government program, agency, etc., at the end of a specified time period unless it is reauthorized by the legislature.

Origin:
1975–80, Americanism

Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source

Link To sunset law

:10

:09

:08

:07

:06

:05

:04

:03

:02

:01

Sunset law is always a great word to know.

So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:

a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

LEARN MORE UNUSUAL WORDS WITH WORD DYNAMO...

Word Dynamo By Dictionary.com

Searching for sunset law?
How many words do you actually know?

FIND OUT

Matching Quote

"Like other cities created overnight in the Outlet, Woodward acquired between noon and sunset of September 16, 1893, a population of five thousand; and that night a voluntary committee on law and order sent around the warning, "if you must shoot, shoot straight up!""

-State of Oklahoma