special act
Americannoun
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A special act of remembrance is being held at a memorial cairn at the crash site on Sunday afternoon.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2024
Garrett Park originated in 1898 when the Maryland General Assembly passed a special act allowing it to incorporate.
From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2022
The Wendels dug in their heels, and it took a special act of the state legislature to get the deal done, according to a 1912 article in McClure’s Magazine.
From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2016
The term of a patent may be extended only by a special act of Congress.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2016
The new government is to have the power of protecting literary property; the very power which you have by a special act delegated to the present congress.
From Essays on the Constitution of the United States by Ford, Paul Leicester
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