Something done voluntarily by a person, and of such a nature that certain legal consequences attach to it.
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Examples for "act "
Examples for "act "
1 A new immigration act comes into effect today introducing sweeping new powers.
2 Earlier this year, the government announced several major reforms to the act .
3 Discussing major changes to criminal law with the new act before parliament.
4 Mr Key said the Iraqi forces must act consistently with the law.
5 However, under the act that freedom of speech is subject to limits.
1 It was quite possible, however, that the deed had already been done.
2 The Guardian provides a perfect example of no good deed going unpunished.
3 But in this case, maybe Grease can actually do a good deed .
4 Let the motive be in the deed and not in the event.
5 Enough of nobility in name; I mean to prove nobility in deed .
1 Diane Abbott, shadow public health minister, said government was not doing enough.
2 Political patronage remains important for doing business in the north African state.
3 Therefore the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing .
4 But his way of doing so leads to another dramatically different result.
5 Great Britain would be doing that much better at trading in Europe.
6 However, the way she's doing it is not appropriate in the situation.
7 Costello is a home help, currently doing a course in healthcare studies.
8 I was doing some work for a local law firm last year.
9 Today he told Morning Report it's good if Facebook is doing something.
10 He'd been doing it several times a year for years on end.
11 The reality is that Russia is still doing extremely well, Conway said.
12 Of course the problem is: how can you go about doing this?
13 Britain's main problem is that it's doing best in a troubled continent.
14 But there's that thorny question: What constitutes doing business in a state?
15 Lenders, however, say there's a compelling case for doing business with landlords.
16 Rather he says there were other 'national security' reasons for doing so.
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