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Webster 1913 Edition


Enactment

En-act′ment

,
Noun.
1.
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.
2.
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
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Enactment

ENACT'MENT

,
Noun.
The passing of a bill into a law; the act of voting, decreeing and giving validity to a law.