Simple English definitions for legal terms
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Enactment: The process of making a new law or rule. It can also refer to the actual law that has been created.
Definition: Enactment is the process of turning a proposed law into an actual law. It can also refer to the law itself.
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These examples illustrate how enactment refers to the process of creating a law and the resulting law itself. The first example shows how the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was created through the enactment process, while the second example shows how a new tax reform law was signed into enactment.