private bill

private bill
noun
: a legislative bill affecting a particular individual, organization, or locality as distinguished from all the people or the whole area of a political unit (as a nation or state)

the power of the House of Lords to veto private bills — F.A.Magruder

three principal categories of private bills introduced in Congress — S.K.Bailey & H.D.Samuel

— compare public bill

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a congressional or parliamentary bill involving the private interests of a particular individual, corporation, or local unit. Cf. public bill.
[1670-80]

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private act or private bill noun
One that deals with the concerns of private persons
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Main Entry: ↑private

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private bill,
(in the House of Representatives and the House of Commons) a bill or act affecting the interests of a particular individual, place, or corporation only.

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private bill [private bill] noun
a ↑bill (= the proposal for a new law in the British Parliament) that affects a person or group rather than the whole country.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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