rider - a clause that is appended to a legislative bill

act, enactment - a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body

Stamp Act - an act passed by the British parliment in 1756 that raised revenue from the American colonies by a duty in the form of a stamp required on all newspapers and legal or commercial documents; opposition by the colonies resulted in the repeal of the act in 1766

enabling act, enabling clause - a provision in a law that confers on appropriate officials the power to implement or enforce the law

FISA, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act - an act passed by Congress in 1978 to establish procedures for requesting judicial authorization for foreign intelligence surveillance and to create the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court; intended to increase United States counterintelligence; separate from ordinary law enforcement surveillance

ordinance - a statute enacted by a city government

special act - a legislative act that applies only to a particular person or particular district

jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

written - systematically collected and written down; "written laws"