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English

Noun

  1. The act of enacting, or the state of being enacted.
  2. :The actors' powerful enactment of the play was breathtaking.
  3. :The enactment of this law will be a great step backward for our country.
  4. A piece of legislation that has been properly authorized by a legislative body.
  5. :The enactments passed by the council that year included sweeping reforms.


Related terms


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
[1913 Webster]

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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet enactment
n 1: the passing of a law by a legislative body [syn: passage]
2: a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a
committee or society or legislative body [syn: act]
3: acting the part of a character on stage; dramaticially
representing the character by speech and action and
gesture [syn: portrayal, characterization, personation]
Moby Dictionary
accomplishment , achievement , act , acting , administration , aping ,
bill , bylaw , canon , characterization , commission , completion ,
concurrent resolution , conduct , constitution , decree ,
demonstration , dictate , dictation , discharge , dispatch , display ,
dumb show , edict , effectuation , embodiment , enacting , enaction ,
execution , exhibit , exhibition , exposition , exposure , form ,
formality , formula , formulary , handling , imitation , impersonation ,
implementation , incarnation , institution , joint resolution , jus ,
law , lawmaking , legislation , legislature , lex , management ,
masquerade , measure , mimesis , mimicking , mimicry , miming , opening ,
ordinance , ordonnance , ostentation , pantomime , pantomiming ,
passage , passing , performance , performing , perpetration ,
personation , personification , playing , portrayal , posing ,
prescript , prescription , presentation , presentment , production ,
projection , regulation , representation , resolution , retrospective ,
rubric , rule , ruling , show , showing , standing order , statute ,
transaction , unfolding , unfoldment , unveiling , varnishing day ,
vernissage


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