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ROYAL ASSENT

The royal assent is the approbation given by the British sovereign in Parliament to a bill which has passed both houses, after which it becomes a law. It may either be done in person, when the sovereign comes to the House of Peers and the assent (in Norman French) is declared by the clerk of parliament; or it may be done by letters-patent under the great seal, signed by the sovereign.
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