ENABLING ACT Synonyms
There are 10 hypernyms of the phrase enabling act. (close relations)
Definition of ENABLING ACT
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authorization | nounn | |||||||
noun • a document giving an official instruction or command • the power or right to give orders or make decisions • official permission or approval • the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant | ||||||||
decree | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) verb • issue a decree • decide with authority | ||||||||
enactment | nounn | |||||||
noun • the passing of a law by a legislative body • a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body • acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture | ||||||||
law | nounn | |||||||
noun • the collection of rules imposed by authority • legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity • a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society • a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature • the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do • the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system • the force of policemen and officers | ||||||||
legislation | nounn | |||||||
noun • law enacted by a legislative body • the act of making or enacting laws | ||||||||
permission | nounn | |||||||
noun • approval to do something • the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization | ||||||||
statute | nounn | |||||||
noun • an act passed by a legislative body adjective satellite • enacted by a legislative body | ||||||||
enabling clause | nounn | |||||||
noun • a provision in a law that confers on appropriate officials the power to implement or enforce the law |