Enabling Statute
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
The act of 32 Henry VIII. c.
28, by which tenants in tail. husbands seised in right of their wives, and others, were empowered to make Leases for their lives or for 21 years, which they could not do before.
2 Bla. Com. 319; To. Litt 44 a.
The phrase is also applied to any stat-. ute enabling persons or corporations to do what before they could not.