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PRIVATE ACT [2 records]

Record 1 1998-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parliamentary Language
CONT

Private legislation is legislation of a special kind for conferring particular power or benefits on any person or body of persons, including individuals and private corporations, in excess of or in conflict with the general law.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire parlementaire
CONT

La loi d'intérêt privé, d'une nature toute particulière, a pour objet de conférer à certaines personnes ou à certains groupes, qu'il s'agisse de particuliers ou de sociétés, des pouvoirs ou des avantages exceptionnels, plus étendus que ceux dont ils sont normalement investis sous le régime du droit commun et qui même peuvent aller à l'encontre des règles du droit commun.

Spanish

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Record 2 1995-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Laws and Legal Documents
  • The Legislature (Constitutional Law)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lois et documents juridiques
  • Pouvoir législatif (Droit constitutionnel)

Spanish

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