enforcement

[ en-fawrs-muh nt, -fohrs- ]

/ ɛnˈfɔrs mənt, -ˈfoʊrs- /

the act or process of enforcing.

something that enforces.

Origin of enforcement

1425–75; late Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French. See enforce, -ment

non·en·force·ment, noun pre·en·force·ment, noun pro·en·force·ment, adjective su·per·en·force·ment, noun

enflame, enfleurage, enflurane, enfold, enforce, enforcement, enforcer, enfranchise, eng, eng., eng. d.

They prevailed last August, obtaining—follow me here—an injunction prohibiting the enforcement of those provisions.

The Back Alley, Low Blow-Ridden Fight to Stop Gay Marriage in Florida Is Finally Over |Jay Michaelson |January 5, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
Enforcement of U.S Code, Title VII, Chapter 25A “Export Standards for Grapes and Plums” remains fully funded, thank goodness.

Congress’ Gift That Keeps on Giving |P. J. O’Rourke |December 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Although tough environmental controls were put in place in 2000, enforcement has been haphazard.

Goodbye, Bahamas. Hello, Havana! |Clive Irving |December 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
“Some tribes” have “requested guidance on the enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA),” the opening reads.

Tribes to U.S. Government: Take Your Weed and Shove It |Abby Haglage |December 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

And some locals are only too willing to help with enforcement.

Darkness at Noon Prayers: Inside the Islamic Police State |Jamie Dettmer |November 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But their great age and the familiarity of their presence had softened the decree in its enforcement.

On the Vice of Novel Reading. |Young E. Allison
The enforcement of the Chinese exclusion act has been found to be very difficult on the northwestern frontier.

A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Volume IX. |Benjamin Harrison
Discussions, which do not interfere with the enforcement of their laws, are but idle wind to them.

An Essay on the Trial by Jury |Lysander Spooner
It transferred from the police to the local authority the enforcement of the provisions of the law against smoke nuisances.

The Sanitary Evolution of London |Henry Lorenzo Jephson
He well knew that the people would not tamely submit to the enforcement of such burdens.

A History of the City of Brooklyn and Kings County Volume II |Stephen M. Ostrander