enact a law

  • 1enact by law — index legalize Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2enact a law — legislate a law or regulation …

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  • 3enact — en·act /i nakt/ vt: to establish by legal and authoritative act: make into law enact a bill Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. enact …

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  • 4enact beforehand — index preordain Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 5enact laws — index legislate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 6enact — UK US /ɪˈnækt/ verb [T] ► LAW to make a law or a rule become official: »The government is to enact a law aimed at improving safety on construction sites. enactment noun [C or U] ► »There must be consultation with employer and employee… …

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  • 7enact — [[t]ɪnæ̱kt[/t]] enacts, enacting, enacted 1) VERB When a government or authority enacts a proposal, they make it into a law. [TECHNICAL] [V n] The authorities have failed so far to enact a law allowing unrestricted emigration... [V n] The bill… …

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  • 8Law of the People's Republic of China — is the legal regime of the People s Republic of China, with the separate legal traditions and systems of Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau. Between 1954 and 1978, there was not very much effort within the People s Republic of China to create a …

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  • 9Enact — En*act , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enacted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enacting}.] 1. To decree; to establish by legal and authoritative act; to make into a law; especially, to perform the legislative act with reference to (a bill) which gives it the validity… …

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  • 10enact — [v1] act out; accomplish achieve, appear as, depict, discourse, do, execute, go on*, perform, personate, play, playact, play the part of, portray, represent; concepts 91,292 Ant. fail, hinder, repeal, stop enact [v2] authorize, legislate… …

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