Definition of "special act" []

• A legislative act that applies only to a particular person or area. (noun)

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• "I write in memory of old times and a special act of kindness on your part, when in the midst of battle, with your self-earned brave army around, and"
• "The Church has long exacted the promulgation of a law by a special act of the authorities: "Leges instituuntur quum promulgantur", a law is not really a law until it has been made known, says Gratian"