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enactment |
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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. Translations enactment [ɪnˈæktmənt] n (LAW) [law, legislation, bill] → promulgation f (= performance) [play, story] → représentation f enactment enactment [ɪˈnæktmənt] n a. → emanazione f b. (in play) → rappresentazione f enactment [ɪˈnæktmənt] n a. → emanazione f b. (in play) → rappresentazione f How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Perhaps the only formal whaling code authorized by legislative enactment, was that of Holland. The great difference is, that the table and chair cannot feel, and the man can; for even a legal enactment that he shall be "taken, reputed, adjudged in law, to be a chattel personal," cannot blot out his soul, with its own private little world of memories, hopes, loves, fears, and desires. You are going to know all; and, without further preamble, I am going to place before your eyes the problem of The Yellow Room as it was placed before the eyes of the entire world on the day following the enactment of the drama at the Chateau du Glandier. |
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