“act of”

The following 10 entries include the term act of.

act of God

noun phrase

: an extraordinary interruption by a natural cause (such as a flood or earthquake) of the usual course of events that experience, prescience, or care cannot reasonably foresee or prevent

act of adjournal

noun

: one of various ordinances issued by the Court of Justiciary for regulating the procedure in that court and the inferior criminal courts usually plural

act of bankruptcy

: an act specified by law as subjecting a person to be proceeded against as an involuntary bankrupt or insolvent

act of faith

: an act requiring or displaying faith

act of grace

: an act extending clemency to offenders before the law (such as one at the beginning of a new reign granting pardon or amnesty to numerous offenders)

act of honor

: an acceptance or payment for honor of a protested bill of exchange

act of indemnity

: an act passed to relieve persons (such as officials) from some penalty to which they have become liable by acting illegally or beyond the limits of their powers

act of law

: a change of a person's legal rights, obligations, or liabilities (as in the acquisition of a right or exemption from a liability) arising from the legal effect of some event such as bankruptcy

act of sederunt

: one of various rules of the Court of Session for regulating procedure in that court

in the act (of doing something)

idiom

: in the process of doing something

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