enabling act
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 68 U.S. 25 - Clearwater v. Meredith · 1863Most cited · 117 citing opinions
was an enabling act—was permissive, not mandatory. It simply gave the consent of the legislature to whatever could lawfully be done, and which without that consent could not be done at all.
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