If a bill is not so referred, it is almost certainly doomed, unless it can pass some of its stages, unopposed, after the hour for the interruption of business; and, in fact, any bill is well-nigh hopeless that does not take at least one step in this way.
"The Government of England (Vol. I)"
A. Lawrence Lowell
If there is no opponent, so that the question is solely whether the privileges sought are consistent with the public welfare, the bill is said to be unopposed, and goes through quite a different procedure to be described hereafter.
"The Government of England (Vol. I)"
A. Lawrence Lowell
In short, he takes the place of a committee on unopposed private bills.
"The Government of England (Vol. I)"
A. Lawrence Lowell