An Engrossed Bill, also spelled Ingrossed Bill, was the term used in the Parliament of the United Kingdom and its predecessor parliaments for the copy of a bill which was made after the bill had been through the committee stage but prior to its third reading and final passing from the chamber of origin.[1] A bill that was to be engrossed had been subject to the rigours of legislative discussion and amendment and was not likely to change substantially. Bills were engrossed on a long scroll which were, after royal assent, stored in the parliamentary archives.[citation needed]
Engrossing of bills ceased to occur in the British Parliament in 1849.[2]
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References
- ^ May, Thomas Erskine (1844). "XVIII Proceedings of parliament in passing public bills: their several stages in both houses. Royal assent". A treatise upon the law, privileges, proceedings and usage of Parliament (1st ed.). p. 284.
- ^ Journals of the House of Commons, volume 104, page 45
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