Definition of enactment
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as a result of an enactment by Congress, this breathtaking canyon will be permanently protected from development
the enactment of the murder is never actually shown on screen
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Howard County's Republican county executive, Allan Kittleman, campaigned against the enactment of a citizens' election fund.
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The provision has been in effect since the law’s enactment and helped fuel a federal push to protect transgender people from discrimination in receiving health care services.
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The most excitement comes during Old Yeller Days, when the Mason County Beven Eckert Memorial Library gathers fans of the 1956 novel about a boy and his dog for re-enactments of frontier life, storytelling and a pet parade.
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Poway’s Old Fashioned 4th of July: Patriotic entertainment, gun fighting re-enactments, free crafts, train displays and old-fashioned games 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 4 in Old Poway Park, 14134 Midland Road.
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Train robbery re-enactments from the Shadow River Regulators and the Apache Canyon Gang will be happening throughout the day.
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The group, part of the 1880s historical re-enactment company Lagniappe Productions, travels the country doing Wild West comedy gunfight shows at fairs, festivals and corporate events.
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The CMS actuary and CBO have disagreed in the past on the budgetary effects of legislation, including surrounding the enactment of Obamacare.
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Europe's last enactment of a regency was in the case of King Otto of Bavaria, younger brother of the eccentric Ludwig II, builder of the fairy castles of Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau.
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First Known Use of enactment
1792
Law Dictionary
enactment
Legal Definition of enactment
1 : the act of enacting : the state of being enacted
2 : something (as a law) that has been enacted
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