HyperDic: enabling_act

English > 1 sense of the expression enabling act:
NOUNcommunicationenabling act, enabling clausea provision in a law that confers on appropriate officials the power to implement or enforce the law
English > enabling act: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningA provision in a law that confers on appropriate officials the power to implement or enforce the law.
Synonymenabling clause
Categorylaw, jurisprudenceThe collection of rules imposed by authority
Broaderlegislative act, statuteAn act passed by a legislative body

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