enactment

something that is null (especially an enactment that has no legal validity)

a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)

an act passed by a legislative body

an agreement between two parties that is sanctioned by the court; for example, a company might agree to stop certain questionable practices without admitting guilt

an order that after a specific time certain activities (as being outside on the streets) are prohibited

a decree issued on a first petition for divorce; becomes absolute at some later date

a decree issued by a sovereign ruler

a judicial decree regulating the rights and responsibilities of a married couple living apart

an edict that has been publicly posted

a decree that prohibits something

a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted

formerly a state law that protected manufacturers from price-cutting by allowing them to set minimum retail prices for their merchandise; eliminated by the United States Congress in 1975

an act passed by the British Parliament in 1756 that raised revenue from the American Colonies by a duty in the form of a stamp required on all newspapers and legal or commercial documents; opposition by the Colonies resulted in the repeal of the act in 1766

a provision in a law that confers on appropriate officials the power to implement or enforce the law

an act passed by Congress in 1978 to establish procedures for requesting judicial authorization for foreign intelligence surveillance and to create the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court; intended to increase United States counterintelligence; separate from ordinary law enforcement surveillance

a statute enacted by a city government

a legislative act that applies only to a particular person or particular district

a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)