Definitions of enactment [ɛnˈækt mənt]

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Definition of 'enactment'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) enactment
the act or process of enacting.

2. enactment
the state or fact of being enacted.

3. enactment
something that is enacted; a law or statute.

Etymology: (1810–20)

Definition of 'enactment'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) enactment, passage
the passing of a law by a legislative body

2. (noun) act, enactment
a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body

3. (noun) portrayal, characterization, enactment, personation
acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture

Definition of 'enactment'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) enactment
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. (noun) enactment
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

Translation of 'enactment'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to make into a law or pass a law to enact a new sexual harassment law; enact the bill.
Afrikaans: verordening, bevel, uitva	Arabic: تَشْريع، سَنُّ قانون	Bulgarian: прокарване
Brazilian: decretação	Czech: uzákonění	German: die Verfügung
Danish: vedtagelse; ikrafttræden	Greek: αναπαράσταση, θέσπιση	Spanish: promulgación
Estonian: esitamine; jõustamine	Farsi: تصویب؛ مصوبه؛ اجرا	Finnish: säädös
French: promulgation	Hebrew: חָקִיקָה	Hindi: व्यवस्थापन
Croatian: ozakonjenje	Hungarian: törvénybe iktatás	Indonesian: undang-undang
Icelandic: leikur, flutningur	Italian: promulgazione	Japanese: 上演
Korean: 제정	Lithuanian: įstatymas	Latvian: tēlojums
Malay: enakmen	Dutch: uitvoering	Norwegian: dramatisering, spill
Polish: dekret	Persian: تصویب؛ مصوبه؛ اجرا	Pashto: تصويب،اجرا،پاى ته رسونه
Portuguese: decretação	Romanian: montare; promulgare	Russian: принятие закона
Slovak: uzákonenie	Slovenian: razglasitev	Serbian: ozakonjenje
Swedish: antagande [såsom lag], st	Thai: พระบรมราชโองการ; พระราชบั	Turkish: yasalaştırma
Taiwanese: 扮演，法律制定	Ukrainian: запровадження закону; зак	Urdu: تنفیذ
Vietnamese: sự ban hành	Chinese: 演出，规定
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