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Purview :: Purview (n.) The body of a statute, or that part which begins with Be it enacted, as distinguished from the preamble..

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..

Legislation :: Legislation (n.) The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws; the laws enacted.

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

Penal :: Penal (a.) Enacting or threatening punishment; as, a penal statue; the penal code..

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..

Staunch :: Statutory (a.) Enacted by statute; depending on statute for its authority; as, a statutory provision..

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

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..

Enacting :: Enacting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enac.

Enact :: Enact (n.) Purpose; determination.

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..

Nomothetical :: Nomothetical (a.) Legislative; enacting laws; as, a nomothetical power..

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..

Parliamentary :: Parliamentary (a.) Enacted or done by Parliament; as, a parliamentary act..

Dysnomy :: Dysnomy (n.) Bad legislation; the enactment of bad laws.

Passage :: Passage (v. i.) In parliamentary proceedings: (a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution, etc.) through the several stages of consideration and action; as, during its passage through Congress the bill was amended in both Houses. (b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp., the final affirmative action of the body upon a proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed..

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..

Enactor :: Enactor (n.) One who enacts a law; one who decrees or establishes as a law.

Enacture :: Enacture (n.) Enactment; resolution.

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