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Black's Law Dictionary, Sixth Edition, p. 526:

enact.  to establish by law; to perform or effect; to decree.  The common introductory formula in making statutory laws is, "Be it enacted."  See enacting clause. 

[Black's Law Dictionary, Sixth Edition, p. 526]


Black's Law Dictionary, Sixth Edition, p. 526:

enactment.  The method or process by which a bill in the Legislature becomes a law. 

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