enactment Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the passing of a law by a legislative body
    passage.
  2. noun a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
    act.
  3. noun acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture
    portrayal; personation; characterization.

WordNet

En*act"ment noun
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913