Definition of enact

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Enact (n.) Purpose; determination.

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Constitute :: Constitute (v. t.) To cause to stand; to establish; to enact.
Legislation :: Legislation (n.) The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws; the laws enacted.
Purview :: Purview (n.) The body of a statute, or that part which begins with Be it enacted, as distinguished from the preamble..
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..
Constitution :: Constitution (n.) The act or process of constituting; the action of enacting, establishing, or appointing; enactment; establishment; formation..
Lawgiving :: Lawgiving (a.) Enacting laws; legislative.
Enacted :: Enacted (imp. & p. p.) of Enac.
Constitutive :: Constitutive (a.) Having power to enact, establish, or create; instituting; determining..
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..
Penal :: Penal (a.) Enacting or threatening punishment; as, a penal statue; the penal code..
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.
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..
Staunch :: Statutory (a.) Enacted by statute; depending on statute for its authority; as, a statutory provision..
Parliamentary :: Parliamentary (a.) Enacted or done by Parliament; as, a parliamentary act..
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..
Legislate :: Legislate (v. i.) To make or enact a law or laws.
Negative :: Negative (v. t.) To reject by vote; to refuse to enact or sanction; as, the Senate negatived the bill..
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..
Establish :: Establish (a.) To appoint or constitute for permanence, as officers, laws, regulations, etc.; to enact; to ordain..
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