- enactment
- The process by which a legislative bill becomes law. Creating a law, that is, giving it an existence, or, as in some jurisdictions, giving it effectiveness. Anno: 132 ALR 1060.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
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