- third reading
- noun a third presentation of a bill to a legislative assembly, in the UK to debate committee reports and in the US to consider it for the last time.
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third reading — See Act of Parliament. Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001 … Law dictionary
third reading — noun 1. : the stage in the British legislative process following the report stage and usually providing for debate on the reported text of a bill before a vote on its final disposition 2. : the stage in the United States legislative process which … Useful english dictionary
Third Reading — Third Read|ing n the third and final occasion when a ↑bill (=a suggested new law) is read out loud in the British Parliament or the US Congress … Dictionary of contemporary English
third reading — noun Date: circa 1571 the final stage of the consideration of a legislative bill before a vote on its final disposition … New Collegiate Dictionary
third reading — the final step in the consideration of a legislative bill before it is put to a vote. [1565 75] * * * … Universalium
third reading — vote of the Israeli Knesset on a finalized version of a proposed law and its approval as a law … English contemporary dictionary
third reading — /ˈθɜd ridɪŋ/ (say therd reeding) noun Parliamentary Procedure the final stage in the passage of a bill, before the vote is taken …
Conciliation committee (Third reading): co-decision procedure (now ordinary legislative procedure) — European Union Under the co decision procedure (now named … Law dictionary
Reading (legislature) — Reading is a mechanism by which a bill is introduced to, and approved by, a legislature. Readings For more details on the United Kingdom system see Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom#Stages of a bill First reading A first reading is when a… … Wikipedia
reading — n. 1 a the act or an instance of reading or perusing (the reading of the will). b matter to be read (have plenty of reading with me). c the specified quality of this (it made exciting reading). 2 (in comb.) used for reading (reading lamp; reading … Useful english dictionary
