The result of public deliberation; the decision or determination
of a legislative body, council, court of justice, etc.; a
decree, edit, law, judgment, resolve, award; as, an act of
Parliament, or of Congress. A bill approved by both houses of
the legislature and signed by the governor, or allowed to become
law without signature, or passed by the legislature over the
governor's veto. A proposed law which has been passed finally by
both Houses and becomes law -- whether by approval of the
Governor, lack of action by the Governor in the time allowed by
the Constitution, or by passage over the Governor's veto by two-
thirds vote of the Members elected to both Houses. Legislation
once it has been passed in one legislative body. Acts are
generally named, rather than numbered, as bills are. Legislation
that has passed both Houses will generally keep this title. A
thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a
candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.
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