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PREAMBLE (Med. Lat. praeambulum, from praeambulare, to walk before)

PREAMBLE (Med. See also:
LAT
Lat. praeambulum, from praeambulare, to walk before) , an See also:

INTRODUCTORY

introductory statement, a preliminary explanation. The See also:

TERM

term is particularly applied to the opening See also:

PARAGRAPH

paragraph of a See also:

STATUTE

statute which summarizes the intention of the legislature in passing the measure; thus the preamble of the statute, of which the See also:

TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title is the See also:

CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

Children See also:

ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act 1908, is as follows: " An Act to consolidate and amend the See also:

Law See also:

RELATING

relating to the See also:

PROTECTION

Protection of Children and See also:

Young Persons, Reformatory and See also:

INDUSTRIAL

Industrial See also:

SCHOOLS

Schools and Juvenile Offenders, and otherwise to amend the Law with respect to Children and Young Persons." The See also:

PROCEDURE (Fr. procedure, from Lat. procedere, to go for-ward)

procedure in the See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament differs in regard to the preambles of public and private bills. The second See also:

READING

reading of a public See also:

BILL

bill affirms the principle, and therefore in See also:

COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee the preamble stands postponed till after the See also:

CONSIDERATION (from Lat. considerare, to look at closely, examine, generally taken to be from con-, and the base seen in sidus, sideris, a star, the word being supposed to be originally an astrological or astronomical term)

consideration of the clauses, when it is considered in reference to those clauses as amended and altered if need be (See also:

STANDING

Standing See also:

Order 35). On the other See also:

hand, the preamble of a private bill, if opposed, is considered first in committee, and counsel for the bill deals with the expediency of the bill, calls witnesses for the allegation in the preamble, and petitions against the bill are then heard; if the preamble is negatived the bill is dropped, if affirmed it is gone through clause by clause. On unopposed private bills the preamble has also to be proved, more especially with regard to whether the clauses required by the standing orders are inserted (see May, See also:

PARLIAMENTARY

Parliamentary Practice, r906, pp. 483, 808 seq.).

End of Article: PREAMBLE (Med. Lat. praeambulum, from praeambulare, to walk before)

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