Definition of enact

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Enact (v. t.) To act; to perform; to do; to effect.

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Reenaction :: Reenaction (n.) The act of reenacting; the state of being reenacted.
Nomothetical :: Nomothetical (a.) Legislative; enacting laws; as, a nomothetical power..
Constitutive :: Constitutive (a.) Having power to enact, establish, or create; instituting; determining..
Negative :: Negative (v. t.) To reject by vote; to refuse to enact or sanction; as, the Senate negatived the bill..
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..
Pass :: Pass (v. i.) To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to validity or effectiveness; to be carried through a body that has power to sanction or reject; to receive legislative sanction; to be enacted; as, the resolution passed; the bill passed both houses of Congress..
Enactment :: Enactment (n.) 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.
Vote :: Vote (v. t.) To enact, establish, grant, determine, etc., by a formal vote; as, the legislature voted the resolution..
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..
Purview :: Purview (n.) The body of a statute, or that part which begins with Be it enacted, as distinguished from the preamble..
Veto :: Veto (v. t.) To prohibit; to negative; also, to refuse assent to, as a legislative bill, and thus prevent its enactment; as, to veto an appropriation bill..
Enact :: Enact (v. t.) To act; to perform; to do; to effect.
Establish :: Establish (a.) To appoint or constitute for permanence, as officers, laws, regulations, etc.; to enact; to ordain..
Legislate :: Legislate (v. i.) To make or enact a law or laws.
Parliament :: Parliament (n.) The assembly of the three estates of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, viz., the lords spiritual, lords temporal, and the representatives of the commons, sitting in the House of Lords and the House of Commons, constituting the legislature, when summoned by the royal authority to consult on the affairs of the nation, and to enact and repeal laws..
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..
Enacting :: Enacting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enac.
Institution :: Institution (n.) Established order, method, or custom; enactment; ordinance; permanent form of law or polity..
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..
Ordinance :: Ordinance (n.) A rule established by authority; a permanent rule of action; a statute, law, regulation, rescript, or accepted usage; an edict or decree; esp., a local law enacted by a municipal government; as, a municipal ordinance..
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