enabling act

English

Noun

enabling act (plural enabling acts)

(politics) Legislation piece enacted by a legislative body that authorizes a dependent entity to exercise specific powers or undertake certain actions.

Hyponyms

act

Translations

law authorizing a dependent entity to take certain actions

Dutch: machtigingswet m or f
Esperanto: plenpoviga leĝo
German: Ermächtigungsgesetz n
Spanish: ley habilitante f
West Frisian: machtigingswet c

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