enactment
IPA: ɛnˈæktmʌnt
noun
- The act of enacting, or the state of being enacted.
- The act of playing the part of.
- (law) The act of making (a bill) into law.
- (law) A piece of legislation that has been properly authorized by a legislative body.
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Examples of "enactment" in Sentences
- That LJS re-enactment is reason enough to check this out.
- Looks like the Plains of Abraham battle re-enactment is not a go.
- Presidential statements, by definition, are pronouncements issued by the president when a congressional enactment is signed.
- The notion that once enactment is forced, the public will suddenly embrace health-care reform could not be further from the truth
- The long-term enactment of the plan that is ultimately approved will likely lead to at least 200 staff layoffs, according to Schildge.
- There are too many aspects and tentacles of the medical mechanics of it, more than debate and reason and wisdom can direct in enactment.
- ● Biodiesel: ASA's top policy priority for 2009 is long-term enactment of the biodiesel tax credit before it expires on December 31, 2009.
- RL: Re-enactment is practical archaeology; what we do is ‘living history’ and as authentic as we can make it, so living as a Viking for, say, ten days at a stretch gives you the feel (and smell) of what it must gave been like.
- The notion that once enactment is forced, the public will suddenly embrace health-care reform could not be further from the truth — and is likely to become a rallying cry for disaffected Republicans, independents and, yes, Democrats.
- The cause for this enactment is stated in the statute to be that such acts may be prejudicial to and tend to endanger the peace and welfare of the kingdom, and, because the laws in existence are not sufficiently effectual for preventing such acts, it is necessary to supplement them by this special enactment.
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