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ENFORCEMENT

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en⋅force⋅ment

  [en-fawrs-muhnt, -fohrs-]
–noun
1. the act or process of enforcing.
2. something that enforces.
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Origin:
1425–75; late ME < AF, OF. See enforce, -ment
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en·force   (ěn-fôrs', -fōrs')   
tr.v.   en·forced, en·forc·ing, en·forc·es

  1. To compel observance of or obedience to: enforce a law.

  2. To impose (a kind of behavior, for example): enforce military discipline.

  3. To give force to; reinforce: "enforces its plea with a description of the pains of hell" (Albert C. Baugh).


[Middle English enforcen, from Old French enforcier, to exert force, compel, and from enforcir, to strengthen : en-, causative pref.; see en-1 + force, strength; see force.]
en·force'a·bil'i·ty n., en·force'a·ble adj., en·force'ment n., en·forc'er n.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: en·force·ment
Function: noun
: the act or process of enforcing <enforcement of the debt>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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