A mischievous legisla-tive practice, of embracing in one bill several distinct matters, none of which, perhaps, could singly obtain the assent of the legis-lature, and then procuring its passage hy a combination of the minorities in favor of each of the measures Into a majority that will adopt them all. walker v. Griffith, 60 Ala. 369; Com. v. Barnet, 199 Pa. 161, 48 Atl. 976, 55 L. R. A. 882; o’Leary v. Cook County, 28 111. 534; St. Louis v. Tiefel, 42 Mo. 590
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
