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Enact

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To establish by law; to perform or effect; to decree.

Enact, sometimes used synonymously with adopt, is generally applied to legislative rather than executive action.


TO ENACT. To establish by law; to perform or effect; to decree. The usual formula in making laws is, Be it enacted.



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