royal assent

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Noun

royal assent (uncountable)

1. (government) The method by which a constitutional monarch (or a viceroy in a colony or dominion) formally approves and promulgates an act of his or her nation's parliament, thus making it a law.
   • 1962 October, “Talking of Trains: The Transport Act, 1962”, in Modern Railways, page 219:

     The Transport Act, 1962, received Royal Assent on August 1.

Translations

method by which a constitutional monarch approves a law

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 御準／御准 (yùzhǔn)

• Finnish: kuninkaan hyväksyntä
• Galician: sanción real f
• Indonesian: pengesahan raja
• Malay: perkenan diraja
• Portuguese: consentimento real m
• Russian: короле́вская са́нкция f (korolévskaja sánkcija)