assent
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It passed its assisted dying bill 11 months ago and is still awaiting Royal Assent.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026
It will now be sent for Royal Assent, where King Charles will give formal approval for it to become law.
From BBC • May 13, 2025
That moment of Royal Assent happened at around 18:00 on Saturday night and with that those officials could head into the plant, after emergency legislation was rushed through Parliament in a single day.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2025
The bill will now be sent for Royal Assent, where King Charles will give formal approval for it to become law.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2025
Assent, upon the authority of others is often, as I have noticed, when speaking of notional assents, little more than a profession or acquiescence or inference, not a real acceptance of a proposition.
From An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent by Newman, John Henry
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