enactory

[en-ak-tuh-ree]

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adjective Law.

of or relating to an enactment that creates new rights and obligations.

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Origin of enactory

First recorded in 1835–45; enact + -ory¹

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If enactory, then why did the House of Lords give judgment against those who allowed weight to the "call?"
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine -- Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844
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