Royal assent
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
The royal assent is the last form through which a bill goes previously to becoming an act of parliament It is, in the words of Lord Hale, "the complement and perfection of a law." The royal assent is given either by the queen in person or by royal commission by the queen herseif, signed with her own hand. It is rarely given in person, except when at the end of the session the queen attends to prorogue parliament, if she 6hould do so.
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