HM Stationery Office

HM Stationery Office
(in full Her/His Majesty’s Stationery Office) (abbr HMSO)
a British government organization responsible for publishing and controlling the copyright (= legal right of ownership) in certain important government documents, including laws. The trading part of HMSO was sold to private owners in 1996 and now trades under the name of The Stationery Office.

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