In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the British parliament enacted a number of laws, called Navigation Acts, governing commerce between Britain and its overseas colonies.

在17和18世纪，英国议会颁布了一系列名为“航海条例”的法律，以管理英国和其海外殖民地之间的贸易。

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Apart from the fact that twenty-seven ACTS of Parliament govern the terms of advertising, no regular advertiser dare promote a product that fails to live up to the promise of his advertisements.

除了国会制定的二十七项法案对广告词加以约束之外，没有哪个专职广告商胆敢推销与广告承诺不符的产品。

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The new legislation that created Canada was a British act of Parliament called "The British North America Acts of 1867".

使加拿大成为一个国家的新法案是一项叫做“1867年英属北美法案”的英国国会法案。

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These limits to the powers of the Lords are contained in the Parliament Acts of 1911 and 1949.

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Ever since constitutional lawyers have debated whether the 1949 Act - and therefore any law introduced as a result of the Parliament Acts - is valid.

BBC: What is the Parliament Act?

Georgia's courts lack independence, the police are politicised, parliament acts as a rubber stamp, media ownership is opaque and the government is intolerant of critics.

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