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Royal assent is the agreement by a constitutional monarch | Royal assent is the agreement by a constitutional monarch - possibly via a delegated official - to formally approve a bill of that nation's parliament, making it law. | ||
In the UK, the Queen’s assent to making a Bill an Act of Parliament. | In the UK, it is the Queen’s assent to making a Bill an Act of the UK Parliament. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Bill]] | |||
* [[Codification]] | * [[Codification]] | ||
* [[Consolidation]] | * [[Consolidation]] | ||
* [[Constitution]] | |||
* [[Constitutional law]] | |||
* [[Law]] | |||
* [[Parliament]] | |||
* [[Statute]] | * [[Statute]] | ||
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]] | |||
[[Category:The_business_context]] | |||
Latest revision as of 15:50, 16 December 2021
Royal assent is the agreement by a constitutional monarch - possibly via a delegated official - to formally approve a bill of that nation's parliament, making it law.
In the UK, it is the Queen’s assent to making a Bill an Act of the UK Parliament.
