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Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

A mischievous legislative practice, of embracing in one bili several distinct matters, none of which, perhaps, could singly obtain the assent of the legislature, and then procuring its passage by a combination of the minorities in favor of each of the measures into a majority that will adopt them ali.

Walker v. Griffith, 60 Ala. 369; Com. v. Barnet, 199 Pa. 161, 48 Atl. 976, 55 L. R. A. 882; O'Leary v. Cook Co.unty, 28 111. 534; St Louis v. Tiefel, 42 Mo. 590.