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Enact

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

To establish by law; to perform or effect; to decree. The usual introductory formula in making laws is, "Be if enacted." In re Senate File, 25 Neb. 864, 41 N. W. 981.

Enacting clause. That part of a statute which declares its enactment and serves to