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
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.