transitional provision

noun

A statutory provision that regulates a process that starts before an amendment or enactment of the statute comes into force, and ends after the amendment or enactment of the statute has come into force.

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Meanings

nountransitional provision (plural transitional provisions)

plural transitional provisions

  1. lawA statutory provision that regulates a process that starts before an amendment or enactment of the statute comes into force, and ends after the amendment or enactment of the statute has come into force.

Translations

Finnish siirtymäsäännös
  • siirtymäsäännösA statutory provision that regulates a process that starts before an amendment or enactment of the statute comes into force, and ends after the amendment or enactment of the statute has come into force
German Übergangsbestimmung
  • ÜbergangsbestimmungA statutory provision that regulates a process that starts before an amendment or enactment of the statute comes into force, and ends after the amendment or enactment of the statute has come into force
Swedish övergångsbestämmelse
  • övergångsbestämmelseA statutory provision that regulates a process that starts before an amendment or enactment of the statute comes into force, and ends after the amendment or enactment of the statute has come into force
Cite this entry
APA

transitional provision. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transitional%20provision

MLA

“transitional provision.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transitional%20provision. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transitional provision,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transitional%20provision.

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