Hear a word and type it out. How many can you get right?
TAKE THE QUIZ“act of”
The following 10 entries include the term act of.
act of God
noun phrase: an extraordinary interruption by a natural cause (such as a flood or earthquake) of the usual course of events that experience, prescience, or care cannot reasonably foresee or prevent
act of adjournal
noun: one of various ordinances issued by the Court of Justiciary for regulating the procedure in that court and the inferior criminal courts —usually plural
act of bankruptcy
: an act specified by law as subjecting a person to be proceeded against as an involuntary bankrupt or insolvent
act of faith
: an act requiring or displaying faith
act of grace
: an act extending clemency to offenders before the law (such as one at the beginning of a new reign granting pardon or amnesty to numerous offenders)
act of honor
: an acceptance or payment for honor of a protested bill of exchange
act of indemnity
: an act passed to relieve persons (such as officials) from some penalty to which they have become liable by acting illegally or beyond the limits of their powers
act of law
: a change of a person's legal rights, obligations, or liabilities (as in the acquisition of a right or exemption from a liability) arising from the legal effect of some event such as bankruptcy
act of sederunt
: one of various rules of the Court of Session for regulating procedure in that court
in the act (of doing something)
idiom: in the process of doing something
Love words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
