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enactment - 4 dictionary results

en⋅act⋅ment

[en-akt-muhnt]
–noun
1. the act of enacting.
2. the state or fact of being enacted.
3. something that is enacted; a law or statute.
4. a single provision of a law.

Origin:
1810–20; enact + -ment
en·act·ment   (ěn-ākt'mənt)   
n.  
    1. The act of enacting.
    2. The state of being enacted.
  1. Something that has been enacted: "Dance itself is the enactment of an energy which must seem . . . untrammeled, effortless, masterful" (Susan Sontag).

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.

Main Entry: en·act·ment
Function: noun
1 : the act of enacting : the state of being enacted
2 : something (as a law) that has been enacted
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