Enabling act and Statute

Enabling act noun - A provision in a law that confers on appropriate officials the power to implement or enforce the law.

Statute and enabling act are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Statute" instead a noun phrase "Enabling act".

Statute noun - A rule of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority and especially a legislature.

Enabling act and statute are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Enabling act" with "Statute", this terms are similar.

Nearby Words: statement, statutory