Enactment

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The act of enacting.
  • noun. The state of being enacted.
  • noun. Something that has been enacted.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of enacting or decreeing; specifically, the passing of a bill into a law; the act of giving validity to a law by vote or decree.
  • noun. A law enacted; a statute; an act.
  • noun. The acting of a part or representation of a character in a play.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. That which is enacted or passed into a law; a law; a decree; a statute; a prescribed requirement
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of enacting, or the state of being enacted.
  • noun. A piece of legislation that has been properly authorized by a legislative body.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the passing of a law by a legislative body
  • noun. acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture
  • noun. a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
  • Word Usage
    "The notion that once enactment is forced, the public will suddenly embrace health-care reform could not be further from the truth"
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