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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Enactment \En*act"ment\, n.
     1. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. 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.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Enactment \En*act"ment\, n.
     1. 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.
  
     2. 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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  enactment
       n 1: the passing of a law by a legislative body [syn: passage]
       2: a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a
          committee or society or legislative body [syn: act]
       3: acting the part of a character on stage; dramaticially
          representing the character by speech and action and
          gesture [syn: portrayal, characterization, personation]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  enactment
     n.
     1 The act of enacting, or the state of being enacted.
     2 # The act of playing the part of.
     3 # (lb en law) The act of making (a bill) into law.
     4 (lb en law) A piece of legislation that has been properly
  authorized by a legislative body.
     5 # (lb en Malaysia) A law enacted by state legislatures of
  Malaysia.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  enactment
     n.
     1 The act of enacting, or the state of being enacted.
     2 # The act of playing the part of.
     3 # (lb en law) The act of making (a bill) into law.
     4 (lb en law) A piece of legislation that has been properly
  authorized by a legislative body.
     5 # (lb en Malaysia) A law enacted by state legislatures of
  Malaysia.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  enactment
     n.
     1 The act of enacting, or the state of being enacted.
     2 # The act of playing the part of.
     3 # (lb en law) The act of making (a bill) into law.
     4 (lb en law) A piece of legislation that has been properly
  authorized by a legislative body.
     5 # (lb en Malaysia) A law enacted by state legislatures of
  Malaysia.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  enactment
     n.
     1 The act of enacting, or the state of being enacted.
     2 # The act of playing the part of.
     3 # (lb en law) The act of making (a bill) into law.
     4 (lb en law) A piece of legislation that has been properly
  authorized by a legislative body.
     5 # (lb en Malaysia) A law enacted by state legislatures of
  Malaysia.

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Enactment /ɛnˈaktmənt/
  التشريع

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  enactment /ɛnˈaktmənt/
  ustanovení

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  enactment /ɛnˈaktmənt/
  Inkraftsetzen , Inkraftsetzung eines Gesetzes [pol.]
        "the enactment of environmental legislation"  - das Inkraftsetzen von Umweltgesetzen
        "by legislative enactment"  - durch einen Akt der Gesetzgebung

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  enactment /ɛnˈaktmənt/
  
  θέσπισμα, θεσμοθέτηση

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  enactment /ɛnˈaktmənt/ 
  1. व्यवस्थापन
        "I am responsible for the enactment of my school annual function."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  enactment /ɛnˈaktmənt/
  donošenje zakona

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  enactment /ɛnˈaktmənt/
  1. törvényhozó határozat
  2. törvényhozás
  3. törvényalkotás
  4. rendelet
  5. törvényerôre emelés
  6. becikkelyezés
  7. törvény
  8. törvényerôre emelkedés
  9. kihirdetés
  10. törvénybe iktatás

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ɛˈnækmənt/, /ɛˈnæktmənt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  96 Moby Thesaurus words for "enactment":
     accomplishment, achievement, act, acting, administration, aping,
     bill, bylaw, canon, characterization, commission, completion,
     concurrent resolution, conduct, constitution, decree,
     demonstration, dictate, dictation, discharge, dispatch, display,
     dumb show, edict, effectuation, embodiment, enacting, enaction,
     execution, exhibit, exhibition, exposition, exposure, form,
     formality, formula, formulary, handling, imitation, impersonation,
     implementation, incarnation, institution, joint resolution, jus,
     law, lawmaking, legislation, legislature, lex, management,
     masquerade, measure, mimesis, mimicking, mimicry, miming, opening,
     ordinance, ordonnance, ostentation, pantomime, pantomiming,
     passage, passing, performance, performing, perpetration,
     personation, personification, playing, portrayal, posing,
     prescript, prescription, presentation, presentment, production,
     projection, regulation, representation, resolution, retrospective,
     rubric, rule, ruling, show, showing, standing order, statute,
     transaction, unfolding, unfoldment, unveiling, varnishing day,
     vernissage
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n.(法律等的)制定

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 设定;制定;条例;法令

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