enabling act
Britishnoun
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In 1889, President Grover Cleveland signed an enabling act paving the way for the Dakotas, Montana and Washington to become states.
From Washington Times • Feb. 22, 2021
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
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
Each adopted a proposed constitution without waiting for an enabling act, Hawaii in 1950 and Alaska in 1956.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2016
That this law recognized the right of the people of the Territory, without any enabling act from Congress, to form a State constitution is too clear for argument.
From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 5, part 4: James Buchanan by Richardson, James D. (James Daniel)
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