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ENABLING CLAUSE

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• 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.

• ENABLING CLAUSE (noun)

Sense 1

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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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