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ENACTMENT

\ɛnˈaktmənt], \ɛnˈaktmənt], \ɛ_n_ˈa_k_t_m_ə_n_t]\

Definitions of ENACTMENT

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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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.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

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.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

A statute or law; the passing of a bill into law.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

The passing of a bill into law: that which is enacted: a law.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

A law; statute; the act of enacting.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

The passing of a bill into a law; that which is enacted; a law or legislative act.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

A measure or bill passed into a law; the passing of it.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

n. The passing of a bill into a law;â€”a decree; a law;â€”the acting of a part or character in a play.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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