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ENABLING CLAUSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does enabling clause mean?
• ENABLING CLAUSE (noun)
The noun ENABLING CLAUSE has 1 sense:
1. a provision in a law that confers on appropriate officials the power to implement or enforce the law
Familiarity information: ENABLING CLAUSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A provision in a law that confers on appropriate officials the power to implement or enforce the law
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
enabling act; enabling clause
Hypernyms ("enabling clause" is a kind of...):
legislative act; statute (an act passed by a legislative body)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
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