enabling statute
1enabling statute — n: a statute that confers (as to an administrative agency) the power or authority to engage in conduct not previously allowed Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. enabling statute …
2enabling statute — Term applied to any statute enabling persons or corporations, or agencies to do what before they could not. It is applied to statutes which confer new powers. See also enabling clause. The English Act of 32 Henry VIII, c. 28, by which tenants in… …
3enabling statute — Term applied to any statute enabling persons or corporations, or agencies to do what before they could not. It is applied to statutes which confer new powers. See also enabling clause. The English Act of 32 Henry VIII, c. 28, by which tenants in… …
4enabling statute — See enabling act …
5statute — stat·ute / sta chüt/ n [Latin statutum law, regulation, from neuter of statutus, past participle of statuere to set up, station, from status position, state] 1: a law enacted by the legislative branch of a government see also code, statutory law …
6statute — A formal written enactment of a legislative body, whether federal, state, city, or county. An act of the legislature declaring, commanding, or prohibiting something; a particular law enacted and established by the will of the legislative… …
7enabling act — See enabling statute …
8enabling act — See enabling statute …
9enabling clause — n. A clause in a statute that gives the proper officials the power to enforce it. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008. enabling clause A pro …
10Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 — Infobox AU Legislation short title=Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 parliament=Parliament of Australia long title=An Act to remove Doubts as to the Validity of certain Commonwealth Legislation, to obviate Delays occurring in its Passage,… …
