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Enact

Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

To establish by law; to perform or effect; to decree. The usual formula in making laws is, "Be it enacted."

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

To pass as a statute.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

To establish by law: to perform or effect; to decree. The usual formula in (ute is, /;. it ENAJENACI0N. In Spanish Law. The act by which one person t. to another a property, either - tuitou y, as in the case of a donation, or by an owner's title, as in the case of a sale or an In Mexican Law. This v.. 1 in conveyancing to convey the fee, and not a mere servitude upon the land. Mulford v. Le Franc, '^; CaL 88. ENCEINTE (Ft.). Pregnant. See 1

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

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

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

To put into the form of

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

‘To establish by law; to perform or effeet; to decree. The usual introductory formula in making laws is, “ Be it enacted.”

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

See Act, 3, Enact.