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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Enactment

/ĕn-ăk'-tmənt/ · En·act·ment · IPA /ɛnˈæktmənt/
01 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.
  1. 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. 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.