Thesaurus: enactment

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1. 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.
2. 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.
3. n. the passing of a law by a legislative body
4. n. a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
5. n. acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture
6. 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.
7. n:100 n. the passing of a law by a legislative body