ENABLING LEGISLATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Legislation that gives appropriate officials the authority to implement or enforce the law

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("enabling legislation" is a kind of...):

legislation; statute law (law enacted by a legislative body)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

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