- 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* * *
a congressional or parliamentary bill involving the private interests of a particular individual, corporation, or local unit. Cf. public bill.[1670-80]* * *
private act or private bill nounOne that deals with the concerns of private persons• • •Main Entry: ↑private* * *
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.* * *
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.