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ENABLING ACT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A provision in a law that confers on appropriate officials the power to implement or enforce the law
Synonyms:
enabling act; enabling clause
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("enabling act" is a kind of...):
legislative act; statute (an act passed by a legislative body)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
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