"enabling act" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: enabling acts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} enabling act (plural enabling acts)
  1. (politics) Legislation piece enacted by a legislative body that authorizes a dependent entity to exercise specific powers or undertake certain actions. Wikipedia link: enabling act Categories (topical): Politics Hyponyms: act Translations (law authorizing a dependent entity to take certain actions): machtigingswet [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), plenpoviga leĝo (Esperanto), Ermächtigungsgesetz [neuter] (German), ley habilitante [feminine] (Spanish), machtigingswet [common-gender] (West Frisian)
    Sense id: en-enabling_act-en-noun-vLYl40yc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: government, politics

Inflected forms

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