Etymology

acte clair

Today it means: The doctrine, in European law, that cases involving a law with a reasonably obvious interpretation do not need to be referred to the European Court of Justice. Full definition →

French acte clair
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  1. French · borrowed fromacte clair
  2. English todayacte clair

Borrowed from French acte clair.

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