enactment

en·act·ment

 (ĕn-ăkt′mənt)

n.

1.

a. The act of enacting.

b. The state of being enacted.

2. Something that has been enacted: "Dance itself is the enactment of an energy which must seem ... untrammeled, effortless, masterful" (Susan Sontag).

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en•act•ment

(ɛnˈækt mənt)

n.

1. the act or process of enacting.

2. the state or fact of being enacted.

3. something that is enacted; a law or statute.

[1810–20]

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	enactment - the passing of a law by a legislative body passage lawmaking, legislating, legislation - the act of making or enacting laws law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
	2.	enactment - a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body act legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument - (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right nullity - something that is null (especially an enactment that has no legal validity) decree, fiat, edict, rescript, order - a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there" legislative act, statute - an act passed by a legislative body law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
	3.	enactment - acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture personation, portrayal, characterization acting, performing, playacting, playing - the performance of a part or role in a drama impression - an impressionistic portrayal of a person; "he did a funny impression of a politician" persona, theatrical role, role, character, part - an actor's portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona"

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enactment

noun

1. passing, legislation, sanction, approval, establishment, proclamation, ratification, authorization, validation, making law the enactment of a Bill of Rights

2. decree, order, law, act, ruling, bill, measure, command, legislation, regulation, resolution, dictate, canon, statute, ordinance, commandment, edict, bylaw enactments which empowered the court to require security to be given

3. portrayal, staging, performance, playing, acting, performing, representation, depiction, play-acting, personation The building was also used for the enactment of plays.

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enactment

noun

The formal product of a legislative or judicial body:

act, assize, bill, law, legislation, lex, measure, statute.

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Translations

تَشْريع، سَنُّ قانون

ikrafttrædenvedtagelse

Verfügung

promulgation

törvénybe iktatás

leikur, flutningur

ordinanzapromulgazione

uzákonenie

yasalaştırma

演出规定

enactment

[ɪˈnæktmənt] N

1. [of law] → promulgación f

2. [of play, scene, part] → representación f

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enactment

[ɪnˈæktmənt] n

(LAW) [law, legislation, bill] → promulgation f

(= performance) [play, story] → représentation f

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enactment

n (of law) → Erlass m; (of regulation) → Verordnung f, → Verfügung f; (of play) → Aufführung f

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enactment

[ɪˈnæktmənt] n

a. → emanazione f

b. (in play) → rappresentazione f

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enact

(iˈnӕkt) verb

1. to act (a rôle, scene etc) not necessarily on stage. speel (rol), vertoon يُمَثِّلُ دَوْرا извършвам desempenhar (za)hrát aufführen, verfügen opføre; spille αναπαριστώrepresentar etendama بازی کردن؛ اجرا کردن esittää jouer לְשַׂחֵק नियम बनाना predstavljati, glumiti előad beraksi leika; sÿna recitare 演じる 배역을 연기하다 vaidinti tēlot melakon uitvoerenspille odgrywać عملى كول، جارى كول، چلول، قانونى كول desempenhar a juca разыгрывать (za)hrať igrati (vlogo) glumiti spela แสดง oynamak, temsil etmek 演出，扮演 ставити на сцені, грати роль کردار ادا کرنا đóng (kịch) 演出，扮演

2. to make into a law or pass a law. to enact a new sexual harassment law; enact the bill. verorden, uitvaardig, verordineer يَسُنُّ قانونا издавам decretar uzákonit erlassen, verfügen vedtage θεσπίζωpromulgar seadust vastu võtma, jõustama وضع کردن؛ تصویب کردن säätää laiksi promulguer לְחוֹקֵק प्रदर्शित करना ozakoniti törvénybe iktat mensahkan convertire in legge, promulgare; ordinare （法律を）制定する (법률을) 제정하다 priimti (įstatymą) pieņemt likumu; pieņemt likumdošanas kārtībā mewartakan tot wet verheffen vedta som lovuchwalić عملى كول вводить в действие (закон) uzákoniť, prijať zákon uzakoniti ozakoniti anta, stadga ออกพระราชบัญญัติ yasalaşmak 制定法律 вводити в дію; надавати чинності نافذ کرنا ban hành 制定法律

eˈnactment noun

verordening, bevel, uitvaardiging تَشْريع، سَنُّ قانون прокарване decretação uzákonění die Verfügung vedtagelse; ikrafttræden αναπαράσταση, θέσπιση promulgación esitamine; jõustamine تصویب؛ مصوبه؛ اجرا säädös promulgationחקיקה व्यवस्थापन ozakonjenje törvénybe iktatás undang-undang leikur, flutningur promulgazione 上演 제정 įstatymas tēlojums enakmen uitvoeringdramatisering, spilldekret تصويب،اجرا،پاى ته رسونه decretação montare; promulgare принятие закона uzákonenie razglasitev ozakonjenje antagande [såsom lag], stadgande พระบรมราชโองการ; พระราชบัญญัติ yasalaştırma 扮演，法律制定 запровадження закону; закон تنفیذ sự ban hành 演出，规定

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