enabling act
Britishnoun
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In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed an enabling act paving the way for Virginia’s western counties to become the state of West Virginia, which took place in June 1863.
From Washington Times • Dec. 31, 2020
Each adopted a proposed constitution without waiting for an enabling act, Hawaii in 1950 and Alaska in 1956.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2016
If and when Congress chooses, it passes an enabling act, an act directing the people of the territory to frame a proposed State constitution.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2016
Gurich notes a similar provision was included in Oklahoma’s federal enabling act in 1906.
From Washington Times • Aug. 4, 2015
Through the failure of the legislature to pass an enabling act to provide for the expense of the election, the amendment was never submitted.
From Two Decades A History of the First Twenty Years' Work of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of the State of New York by Graham, Frances W.
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