Meaning of ENACTMENT
| Pronunciation: | | en'aktmunt
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- [n] acting the part of a character on stage; dramaticially representing the character by speech and action and gesture
- [n] the passing of a law by a legislative body
- [n] a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
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| | Synonyms: | | act, characterization, passage, personation, portrayal |
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| | See Also: | | acting, character, decree, edict, fiat, impression, instrument, lawmaking, legal document, legal instrument, legislating, legislation, legislative act, official document, order, part, performing, persona, playacting, playing, rescript, role, statute, theatrical role | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \En*act"ment\, n.
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.
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| | Related Terms: | | accomplishment, achievement, act, acting, administration, aping, bill, bylaw, canon, characterization, commission, completion, concurrent resolution, conduct, constitution, decree, demonstration, dictate, dictation, discharge, dispatch, display, dumb show, edict, effectuation, embodiment, enacting, enaction, execution, exhibit, exhibition, exposition, exposure, form, formality, formula, formulary, handling, imitation, impersonation, implementation, incarnation, institution, joint resolution, jus, law, lawmaking, legislation, legislature, lex, management, masquerade, measure, mimesis, mimicking, mimicry, miming, opening, ordinance, ordonnance, ostentation, pantomime, pantomiming, passage, passing, performance, performing, perpetration, personation, personification, playing, portrayal, posing, prescript, prescription, presentation, presentment, production, projection, regulation, representation, resolution, retrospective, rubric, rule, ruling, show, showing, standing order, statute, transaction, unfolding, unfoldment, unveiling, varnishing day, vernissage |
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