enabling act

noun

1. a legislative act conferring certain specified powers on a person or organization

Example Sentences

Report from Washington says it is probable an enabling act will pass.

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The enabling act of 1857, would have greatly relieved them, but it was vetoed by Gov. Gardner.

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The law was essentially an enabling act, and its practical efficacy was contingent upon executive discretion.

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The enabling act was signed by President Cleveland on the 17th of July, 1894.

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But that is a mere usage, resorted to when Congress has not thought proper to pass what is called an enabling act.

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