Enactment

Enactment
Enactment En*act"ment, n. 1. The passing of a bill into a law; the giving of legislative sanction and executive approval to a bill whereby it is established as a law. [1913 Webster]

2. That which is enacted or passed into a law; a law; a decree; a statute; a prescribed requirement; as, a prohibitory enactment; a social enactment. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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