Assertion: bill | /r/HasProperty | debated as heads of a bill
Facets:
value: in practice
type: LOCATION
value: substantively
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: (1494–1782) legislation had to be pre-approved by the Privy Council of Ireland and Privy Council of England, so in practice each bill was substantively debated as "heads of a bill", then submitted to the privy councils for approval, and finally formally introduced as a bill and rejected or passed unamended.