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1
a rule of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority and especially a legislature
- as a result of an enactment by Congress, this breathtaking canyon will be permanently protected from development
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- higher law
2
the doing of an action
- the enactment of the crime is suggested but never actually shown on screen
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The first known use of enactment was in 1792
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