Rider
The term "rider" in the context of law and legislative measures refers to the practice of introducing complex bills which enact ancillary laws or measures.
- From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
- Rider \Rid"er\, n.
- ...
- 4. An addition or amendment to a manuscript or other
- document, which is attached on a separate piece of paper;
- in legislative practice, an additional clause annexed to a
- bill while in course of passage; something extra or
- burdensome that is imposed.