heads of the bill

noun

Early draft of a bill usually agreed at cabinet but not yet published.

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nounheads of the bill pl (plural only)
  1. Irelandpluralplural onlylawEarly draft of a bill usually agreed at cabinet but not yet published.

    Mr. Monck Mason then a young barrister, on a motion that the heads of the bill should be committed, displayed great talents, liberality and thorough knowledge of the fundamental principles of political economy, in a luminous speech.

    1813, Mathew O'Conor, The History of the Irish Catholics from the Settlement in 1691: With a View of the State of Ireland from the Invasion by Henry II, to the Revolution
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