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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

private bill

See BILL (3).

private bill.

A bill relating to a matter of personal or local interest only. Cf. SPECIAL LAW."A private Bill is a measure for the interest of some person or class of persons, whether an individual, a corporation, or the inhabitants of a county, town, parish, or other locality, and originates on the motion of some member of the [legislature] in which the Bill is introduced." Courtenay P. Ilbert, Legislative Methods and Forms 28 (1901)'