"enabling act" meaning in English

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      "form": "enabling acts",
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        "plural"
      ]
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Politics",
          "orig": "en:Politics",
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            "Fundamental"
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      "glosses": [
        "Legislation piece enacted by a legislative body that authorizes a dependent entity to exercise specific powers or undertake certain actions."
      ],
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          "word": "act"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-enabling_act-en-noun-vLYl40yc",
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        [
          "politics",
          "politics"
        ],
        [
          "legislative body",
          "legislative body"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(politics) Legislation piece enacted by a legislative body that authorizes a dependent entity to exercise specific powers or undertake certain actions."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "politics"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "law authorizing a dependent entity to take certain actions",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "machtigingswet"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "law authorizing a dependent entity to take certain actions",
          "word": "plenpoviga leĝo"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "law authorizing a dependent entity to take certain actions",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Ermächtigungsgesetz"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "law authorizing a dependent entity to take certain actions",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ley habilitante"
        },
        {
          "code": "fy",
          "lang": "West Frisian",
          "sense": "law authorizing a dependent entity to take certain actions",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "machtigingswet"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "enabling act"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "enabling act"
}

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    {
      "form": "enabling acts",
      "tags": [
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      "expansion": "enabling act (plural enabling acts)",
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    {
      "word": "act"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "Legislation piece enacted by a legislative body that authorizes a dependent entity to exercise specific powers or undertake certain actions."
      ],
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        [
          "politics",
          "politics"
        ],
        [
          "legislative body",
          "legislative body"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(politics) Legislation piece enacted by a legislative body that authorizes a dependent entity to exercise specific powers or undertake certain actions."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "politics"
      ],
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  "translations": [
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "law authorizing a dependent entity to take certain actions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "machtigingswet"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "law authorizing a dependent entity to take certain actions",
      "word": "plenpoviga leĝo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "law authorizing a dependent entity to take certain actions",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Ermächtigungsgesetz"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "law authorizing a dependent entity to take certain actions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ley habilitante"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "law authorizing a dependent entity to take certain actions",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "machtigingswet"
    }
  ],
  "word": "enabling act"
}