The phrase "act of the state" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in legal contexts to refer to actions taken by a government or its officials in their official capacity.
Example: "The court ruled that the act of the state could not be challenged in this jurisdiction."
Alternatives: "government action" or "state action".
By a special act of the state legislature he was buried in the building.
According to the act of the state Legislature that created the council in 1981, its members, all volunteers, are appointed by the governor and serve at his pleasure.
But the primary rules are set by statute, and experts said Mr. Gingrich's prospects were all but nil, requiring either an emergency act of the state legislature or a court ruling.
"Rutherford offered suggestions concerning illegitimate acts of the state.
The "preferential option for the poor" demands both individual and collective action, including the acts of the state.
When explaining the Scottish philosopher Samuel Rutherford's principles for revolution, Schaeffer writes (emphasis added): Rutherford offered suggestions concerning illegitimate acts of the state.
Yet Siac recently ruled that the UK "owed no obligation" to those at risk of "any subsequent act of the Pakistani state or of non-state actors [militant groups] in Pakistan".
In 1936, responding to the federal Social Security Act of 1935, the state assumed broad responsibilities for welfare programs.
"This is a shocking move to intimidate the media using the Official Secrets Act, one of the state's most draconian pieces of legislation".
In 1953 the Acting Secretary of the State of Johor had stated that Johor did not claim ownership of Pedra Branca.
Under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, the states agreed to humanize their often Dickensian juvenile justice systems in exchange for increased federal aid.
