validity of statute

validity of statute
The effectiveness of a statute in reference to constitutionality, the power of the Congress or a legislature to enact the statute, the manner of enactment, and the form of the statute. 50 Am J1st Stat § 47 1. The validity of a statute is drawn in question whenever the power to enact it as it is by its terms, or as it is made to read by construction, is fairly open to denial and is denied. Baltimore & P. R. Co. v Hopkins, 130 US 210, 32 L Ed 908, 9 S Ct 503.

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