Definition of enact

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Enact (v. t.) To decree; to establish by legal and authoritative act; to make into a law; especially, to perform the legislative act with reference to (a bill) which gives it the validity of law..

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Reenaction :: Reenaction (n.) The act of reenacting; the state of being reenacted.
Rule :: Rule (a.) That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a regulation; a prescription; a precept; as, the rules of various societies; the rules governing a school; a rule of etiquette or propriety; the rules of cricket..
Enacture :: Enacture (n.) Enactment; resolution.
Lammaking :: Lammaking (n.) The enacting of laws; legislation.
Staunch :: Statutory (a.) Enacted by statute; depending on statute for its authority; as, a statutory provision..
Constitutive :: Constitutive (a.) Having power to enact, establish, or create; instituting; determining..
Vote :: Vote (v. t.) To enact, establish, grant, determine, etc., by a formal vote; as, the legislature voted the resolution..
Plebiscitum :: Plebiscitum (n.) A law enacted by the common people, under the superintendence of a tribune or some subordinate plebeian magistrate, without the intervention of the senate..
Lawgiver :: Lawgiver (n.) One who makes or enacts a law or system of laws; a legislator.
Negative :: Negative (v. t.) To reject by vote; to refuse to enact or sanction; as, the Senate negatived the bill..
Lawgiving :: Lawgiving (a.) Enacting laws; legislative.
Parliamentary :: Parliamentary (a.) Enacted or done by Parliament; as, a parliamentary act..
Constitution :: Constitution (n.) The act or process of constituting; the action of enacting, establishing, or appointing; enactment; establishment; formation..
Enacted :: Enacted (imp. & p. p.) of Enac.
Enact :: Enact (v. t.) To act; to perform; to do; to effect.
Reenactment :: Reenactment (n.) The enacting or passing of a law a second time; the renewal of a law.
Veto :: Veto (n.) A power or right possessed by one department of government to forbid or prohibit the carrying out of projects attempted by another department; especially, in a constitutional government, a power vested in the chief executive to prevent the enactment of measures passed by the legislature. Such a power may be absolute, as in the case of the Tribunes of the People in ancient Rome, or limited, as in the case of the President of the United States. Called also the veto power..
Strength :: Strength (n.) That quality which tends to secure results; effective power in an institution or enactment; security; validity; legal or moral force; logical conclusiveness; as, the strength of social or legal obligations; the strength of law; the strength of public opinion; strength of evidence; strength of argument..
Theatre :: Theatre (n.) A place or region where great events are enacted; as, the theater of war..
Rescind :: Rescind (v. t.) Specifically, to vacate or make void, as an act, by the enacting authority or by superior authority; to repeal; as, to rescind a law, a resolution, or a vote; to rescind a decree or a judgment..
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