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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