slip law

slip law
slip law n [slip from the fact that it was printed on a single piece of paper]: an initial separate publication of a new statute made prior to its inclusion in the general laws

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

slip law
A copy of a bill that is passed by a state legislature and endorsed by the governor, or passed by Congress and signed by the president, and is printed and distributed almost immediately.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


slip law
A copy of a bill that is passed by a state legislature and endorsed by the governor, or passed by Congress and signed by the president, and is printed and distributed almost immediately.

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