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enactment |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: enactment n 1: the passing of a law by a legislative body [syn: {passage}] 2: a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body [syn: {act}] 3: acting the part of a character on stage [syn: {portrayal}]
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