The phrase "act of abolition" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a formal decision or action taken to end a practice, particularly in the context of abolishing slavery or other oppressive systems.
Example: "The act of abolition was a significant turning point in the history of civil rights."
Alternatives: "abolition measure" or "abolition legislation".
After the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833, the British government agreed to pay £20m in compensation to 46,000 slave-owners.
In a few weeks it will launch its most spectacular act of integration: the physical abolition of 12 currencies and their replacement by euro notes and coins.
The Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 formally freed 800,000 Africans who were then the legal property of Britain's slave owners.
Only with the Tenures Abolition Act of 1660 did the land-owning aristocracy, which had by then taken control of parliament, succeed in abolishing feudal payments to the crown.
It's up there with the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 in terms of its potential world influence, meaning future UK governments must factor in gender rights when doling out overseas investment.
The same kinds of people said much the same about the minimum wage, the Disability Discrimination Act, the Equal Opportunities Act, the Equal Pay Act, the People's Pay Act of 1909 and the abolition of slavery, so I think they'll cope.
In recent history, the Unregistered Land Act of 1970 followed by the abolition of a native administration in 1971 provided the state the legal right to control communal land and remove any chance of legal redress against the state (Sulieman 2015; Elhadary 2010).
The "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2009" comes just after New Mexico governor Bill Richardson's decision to ban capital punishment in his state.
Feingold's Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2009 would put an immediate halt to federal executions and forbid the use of the death penalty as a sentence for violations of federal law.
One of the more interesting parts of the new Banking Act is its abolition of the requirement for the Bank of England to issue a weekly financial return.
