royal assent

British

noun

(in Britain) the formal signing of an act of Parliament by the sovereign, by which it becomes law

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A bill to introduce a government-backed code of practice for private parking companies received royal assent in 2019 but it was withdrawn in June 2022 after a legal challenge by parking companies.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2025

Meanwhile, a bill quashing convictions of sub-postmasters affected by the Horizon scandal was approved by Parliament on Thursday and will become law later today when it is given royal assent.

From BBC • May 24, 2024

The monarch also gives royal assent to bills passed by Parliament, meaning that all legislation must receive his sign-off to become law.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 6, 2024

But the U.K. government prevented the bill from receiving royal assent — the final formality before legislation becomes a law.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2023

All bills passed by this parliament require the royal assent before they become law.

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Scherzer, Karl Ritter von

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