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That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed. |
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The result of public deliberation; the decision or determination of a legislative body, council, court of justice, etc.; a decree, edit, law, judgment, resolve, award; as, an act of Parliament, or of Congress. |
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A formal solemn writing, expressing that something has been done. |
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A performance of part of a play; one of the principal divisions of a play or dramatic work in which a certain definite part of the action is completed. |
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A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student. |
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