Found 1 items, similar to Enacting clause.
English → English (gcide) Definition: Enacting clause Enact \En*act"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enacted; p. pr. & vb. n. Enacting.] 1. To decree; to establish by legal and authoritative act; to make into a law; especially, to perform the legislative act with reference to (a bill) which gives it the validity of law. [1913 Webster] 2. To act; to perform; to do; to effect. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The king enacts more wonders than a man. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To act the part of; to represent; to play. [1913 Webster] I did enact Julius Caesar. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Enacting clause, that clause of a bill which formally expresses the legislative sanction. [1913 Webster]