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en⋅act⋅ment

  [en-akt-muhnt]
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–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
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en·act·ment   (ěn-ākt'mənt)   
n.  
    1. The act of enacting.
    2. The state of being enacted.
  2. Something that has been enacted: "Dance itself is the enactment of an energy which must seem . . . untrammeled, effortless, masterful" (Susan Sontag).
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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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
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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