Enactment may refer to:
Law
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Enactment of a bill
A bill is a proposal for a new law, or a proposal to substantially alter an existing law.
A bill does not become law until it has been passed by the legislature and, in most cases, approved by the executive.
Bills are introduced in the le ...
, when a bill becomes law
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Enacting formula
An enacting clause is a short phrase that introduces the main provisions of a law Entry into force, enacted by a legislature. It is also called enacting formula or enacting words. It usually declares the source from which the law claims to derive ...
, formulaic words in a bill or act which introduce its provisions
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Enactment (British legal term), a piece of legislation or a legal instrument made under a piece of legislation
Other
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Enactment (psychology), in relational psychoanalysis, a playing out of a mental scenario
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Enactment effect, in linguistics, in which verb phrases are better memorized if a learner performs the described action while learning the phrase
See also
*Other steps after enactment of a bill
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Promulgation
Promulgation is the formal proclamation or the declaration that a new statute, statutory or administrative law is enacted after its final Enactment of a bill, approval. In some jurisdiction (area), jurisdictions, this additional step is necessary ...
, the formal proclamation that a new law is enacted after its final approval
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Coming into force
In law, coming into force or entry into force (also called commencement) is the process by which legislation, regulations, treaties and other legal instruments come to have legal force and effect. The term is closely related to the date of this ...
, the process by which legal instruments come to have legal force and effect
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Reenactment (disambiguation)
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