enactment
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6.1
- noun
- /ɪˈnæktmənt/
- Formal
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promulgación
- Enactment of the Civil Rights Bill by July 4th was assured today when Representative Howard Smith announced a meeting of the House Rules Committee
- enactment of a law
- prior to the enactment
- date of enactment
Examples
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Newspapers covered the 1935 enactment of the Nuremberg Laws, which stripped German Jews of the full rights of citizenship.
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Prior to the enactment of the Bankruptcy Code in 1978, Congress passed four different bankruptcy statutes.
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Nor would there be any enactment of his new Bill of Rights.
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Part III considers the status and function of the bankruptcy community after the enactment of the Bankruptcy Code.
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Part III explores how these three factors have evolved and intersected since the enactment of the Bankruptcy Code.
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Because the township system required legislative enactment to take effect, the loss of the legislature was a crippling blow.
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The American Bar Association (ABA) was founded in 1878, two decades before the enactment of the Bankruptcy Act.
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The enactment of the new traffic law aims to improve road safety for all citizens.
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After much debate, the enactment of the education reform bill was finally approved by the legislature.
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The enactment of the environmental protection law has been met with widespread public support.
Synonyms
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3.8
To put a plan or decision into action
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4.4
A process of making laws in a parliament or other elected body
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4.3
Official approval of a law, rule, or document
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4.1
Making something allowed by law
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7.0
Official approval of an agreement, usually by a vote
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4.0
The process of creating and passing laws by a group of elected officials
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6.2
The process of making laws by a government or elected representatives
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8.5
An official public announcement that a new law or rule starts
Antonyms
How Binding
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7.7
- Formal
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6.1
- Formal
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6.2
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2.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word enactment for a law also comes from en- 'in' and act 'to do', meaning to 'put into action'. So an enactment is the process of turning a plan into an official rule by vote.