Act in United Kingdom

Definition of Act

In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Act : (advance corporation tax, ACT)

A form of *corporation tax payable by a company on its qualifying distributions from April 1973 until April 1999, when it was abolished.

Definition of Act

This is one of the sources of law under the english legal system.

Act in North Ireland

The written law of a country also called a statute. An Act sets out legal rules, and has normally been passed by both Houses of Parliament in the form of a Bill and agreed to by the Crown.