self-executing

[self-ek-si-kyoo-ting, self-]

adjective

going into effect immediately without the need of supplementary legislation: a self-executing treaty.

Origin of self-executing

First recorded in 1865–70

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Historical Examples of self-executing

The soul may be a mechanism, but it is a self-directing and self-executing mechanism.
Leibniz's New Essays Concerning the Human Understanding
John Dewey

British Dictionary definitions for self-executing

self-executing

adjective

(of a law, treaty, or clause in a deed or contract, etc) coming into effect automatically at a specified time, no legislation or other action being needed for enforcement

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