Definition of enact

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Enact (v. t.) To act the part of; to represent; to play.

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Staunch :: Statutory (a.) Enacted by statute; depending on statute for its authority; as, a statutory provision..
Lawgiving :: Lawgiving (a.) Enacting laws; legislative.
Corporate :: Corporate (a.) Formed into a body by legal enactment; united in an association, and endowed by law with the rights and liabilities of an individual; incorporated; as, a corporate town..
Enactment :: Enactment (n.) 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..
Canon :: Canon (n.) A law, or rule of doctrine or discipline, enacted by a council and confirmed by the pope or the sovereign; a decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by ecclesiastical authority..
Theatre :: Theatre (n.) A place or region where great events are enacted; as, the theater of war..
Negative :: Negative (v. t.) To reject by vote; to refuse to enact or sanction; as, the Senate negatived the bill..
Enact :: 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..
Legislation :: Legislation (n.) The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws; the laws enacted.
Institution :: Institution (n.) The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school..
Constitutive :: Constitutive (a.) Having power to enact, establish, or create; instituting; determining..
Enactor :: Enactor (n.) One who enacts a law; one who decrees or establishes as a law.
Nomothetical :: Nomothetical (a.) Legislative; enacting laws; as, a nomothetical power..
Enact :: Enact (v. t.) To act the part of; to represent; to play.
Ultra Vires :: Ultra vires () Beyond power; transcending authority; -- a phrase used frequently in relation to acts or enactments by corporations in excess of their chartered or statutory rights.
Lawgiver :: Lawgiver (n.) One who makes or enacts a law or system of laws; a legislator.
Reenact :: Reenact (v. t.) To enact again.
Enactive :: Enactive (a.) Having power to enact or establish as a law.
Positive :: Positive (a.) Prescribed by express enactment or institution; settled by arbitrary appointment; said of laws.
Constitution :: Constitution (n.) An authoritative ordinance, regulation or enactment; especially, one made by a Roman emperor, or one affecting ecclesiastical doctrine or discipline; as, the constitutions of Justinian..
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