What does enactment mean?
Definitions for enactment
ɛnˈækt mənten·act·ment
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Princeton's WordNet
enactment, passagenoun
the passing of a law by a legislative body
act, enactmentnoun
a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
portrayal, characterization, enactment, personationnoun
acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture
Wiktionary
enactmentnoun
The act of enacting, or the state of being enacted.
enactmentnoun
A piece of legislation that has been properly authorized by a legislative body.
ChatGPT
enactment
Enactment refers to the process of passing legislation or laws into action by a legislative body. It can also refer to the act of performing or executing something, often in a symbolic or ceremonial manner. Simply put, it's the act of making something into law or putting something into action.
Webster Dictionary
Enactmentnoun
the passing of a bill into a law; the giving of legislative sanction and executive approval to a bill whereby it is established as a law
Enactmentnoun
that which is enacted or passed into a law; a law; a decree; a statute; a prescribed requirement; as, a prohibitory enactment; a social enactment
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of enactment in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of enactment in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of enactment in a Sentence
China's enactment of laws in the Hong Kong special adminstrative region to safeguard national security is aimed at plugging loopholes...and effectively safeguarding national sovereignty and security, this is legitimate, legal and imperative.
To be clear: Kremlin approval of this appeal would amount to the Russian government’s wholesale rejection of its commitments under the Minsk agreements, enactment of this resolution would further undermine Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, constitute a gross violation of international law, call into further question Russia’s stated commitment to continue to engage in diplomacy to achieve a peaceful resolution of this crisis.
With the enactment of this legislation, Montana has taken the first step to reform its forfeiture laws, governor Bullock’s signature on HB 463 means that no person acquitted in criminal court in Montana will lose his property through forfeiture in civil court.
The terrible spill now is, of course, a coincidence. But it plays in our minds like life imitating art, which was imitating life, and on and on, because, as DeLillo suggests in ‘White Noise’ as well, we have unfortunately become too acquainted with the mediated language and enactment of disaster.
The first step would be to do the data acquisition which we use a 3D scanner for, we scan the crime scene and we are also able to scan the dead body, if there is a dead body involved, and then we can put all the data together in the computer and create a virtual crime scene, which is a 3D model of the crime scene, so a re-enactment of the crime.
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