enactment

[ en-akt-muh nt ]

/ ɛnˈækt mənt /

the act of enacting.

the state or fact of being enacted.

something that is enacted; a law or statute.

a single provision of a law.

Origin of enactment

First recorded in 1810–20; enact + -ment

non·en·act·ment, noun re·en·act·ment, noun

Since its enactment in 1997, 752 Oregonians have used prescriptions for lethal medications for their intended purpose.

The Beautiful Newlywed Who Made the Right Change Its Mind on Physician-Assisted Death |Samantha Allen |October 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
First, he maintains that enactment of such a law “would overrule a historic Supreme Court decision.”

Democracy Demands a Journalist-Source Shield Law |Geoffrey R. Stone |April 15, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The enactment of these proposals would strike a much better balance between the interests of liberty and security.

Understanding Obama’s NSA Proposals |Geoffrey R. Stone |March 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Yet however long the enactment, the text of a complex modern statute is only the very roughest guide to its future operation.

4 Predictions For A Second Obama Term |David Frum |August 27, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

That is why the enactment of the Affordable Care Act was so critical.

Paul Ryan’s Medicare Misconceptions |Tom Daschle |August 20, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
I had much at heart the enactment of legislation for restraining the alienation of land and for the protection of tenants.

A Civil Servant in Burma |Herbert Thirkel White
Most important among them is the enactment, interpretation, suspension, and abrogation of all laws of the republic.

The Governments of Europe |Frederic Austin Ogg
But after-events proved conclusively that the enactment of this Compromise Tariff was a terrible blunder, if not a crime.

The Great Conspiracy, Complete |John Alexander Logan
It is true, that you attempt to justify the enactment of the laws in question, by the occasions which you say led to it.

The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus |American Anti-Slavery Society
In enforcing them, the governors relied on the impotence of resistance, and justified their enactment on the ground of expediency.

The History of Tasmania, Volume I (of 2) |John West