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enabling acts

enabling acts is the plural of enabling act.

Meaning of enabling act

Noun

enabling act (plural enabling acts)

  1. Legislation piece enacted by a legislative body that authorizes a dependent entity to exercise specific powers or undertake certain actions.
    • I know an enabling act can enable anything, but the Prime Minister feels it would merely enable him to lose the next general election (laugh track).1987 December 17, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “A Diplomatic Incident”, in Yes, Prime Minister, season 2, episode 3, spoken by Bernard Woolley (Derek Fowlds)

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Questions about enabling acts

What is enabling acts the plural of?
Enabling acts is the plural of enabling act.

Words near enabling acts in the dictionary

  1. enables
  2. enablest
  3. enableth
  4. enabling
  5. enabling act
  6. enabling acts
  7. enablings
  8. enact
  9. enactable
  10. enacted
  11. enacter

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