hodgepodge act

A statute that deals with incongruous subjects.

hodgepodge act. A statute that deals with incongruous subjects. “Hodge-Podge Act…. Such acts, besides being evident proofs of the ignorance of the makers of them, or of their want of good faith, are calculated to create a confusion which is highly prejudicial to the interests of justice…. In many states bills, except general appropriation bills,