Omnibus bill
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A legislative bill including matters of various character. See 14 Md. 184, 74 Am. Dec. 522.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
1. In legislative practice, a bill including in one act various separate and distinct matters, and particularly one joining a number of different subjects in one measure in such a way as to compel the executive authority to accept provisions which he does not approve or else defeat the whole enactment. See Co.m. v. Barnett, 199 Pa. 161, 48 Atl. 977, 55 In R. A. 882; Yeager v. Weaver, 64 Pa. 425.
2. In equity pleading, a bill embracing the whole of a complex subject-matter by uniting all parties in interest having adverse or conflicting claims, thereby avoiding circutty or multiplicity of action.
2. In equity pleading, a bill embracing the whole of a complex subject-matter by uniting all parties in interest having adverse or conflicting claims, thereby avoiding circutty or multiplicity of action.