Definition of enact

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

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Lammaking :: Lammaking (a.) Enacting laws; legislative.
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..
Enactive :: Enactive (a.) Having power to enact or establish as a law.
Reenactment :: Reenactment (n.) The enacting or passing of a law a second time; the renewal of a law.
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..
Enact :: Enact (v. t.) To act the part of; to represent; to play.
Legislation :: Legislation (n.) The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws; the laws enacted.
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..
Negative :: Negative (v. t.) To reject by vote; to refuse to enact or sanction; as, the Senate negatived the bill..
Reenaction :: Reenaction (n.) The act of reenacting; the state of being reenacted.
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..
Vote :: Vote (v. t.) To enact, establish, grant, determine, etc., by a formal vote; as, the legislature voted the resolution..
Enactor :: Enactor (n.) One who enacts a law; one who decrees or establishes as a law.
Positive :: Positive (a.) Prescribed by express enactment or institution; settled by arbitrary appointment; said of laws.
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.
Dysnomy :: Dysnomy (n.) Bad legislation; the enactment of bad laws.
Purview :: Purview (n.) The body of a statute, or that part which begins with Be it enacted, as distinguished from the preamble..
Institution :: Institution (n.) Established order, method, or custom; enactment; ordinance; permanent form of law or polity..
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.
Institution :: Institution (n.) The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school..
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