heads of the bill

English

Noun

heads of the bill pl (plural only)

  1. (Ireland, law) Early draft of a bill usually agreed at cabinet but not yet published.
    • 1813, Mathew O'Conor, The History of the Irish Catholics from the Settlement in 1691: With a View of the State of Ireland from the Invasion by Henry II, to the Revolution:
      Mr. Monck Mason then a young barrister, on a motion that the heads of the bill should be committed, displayed great talents, liberality and thorough knowledge of the fundamental principles of political economy, in a luminous speech.
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