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enforce

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Definitions from Case Law

From 578 U.S. 374 - Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. v. Manning · 2016Most cited · 82 citing opinions

give force [or] effect to," 1 Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language 725 (1927).

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

To put into execution; to cause to take effect; to make effective; as, to enforce a writ, a judgment or the collection of a debt or fine. Breitenbach v. Bush, 44 Pa. 320, 84 Am. Dec. 442; Emery v. Emery, 9 How. Prae. (N. Y.) 132; People v. Christerson, 59 III. 158.