enactment

Enactment, n.

1. The passing of a bill into a law; the giving of legislative sanction and executive approval to a bill whereby it is established as a law.

2. That which is enacted or passed into a law; a law; a decree; a statute; a prescribed requirement; as, a prohibitory enactment; a social enactment.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for enactment; he lists it under law.

Where he writes about it:

Statute is the recognized legal term for a specific law; enactment is the more vague and general expression. — from law

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