[syn: portrayal, characterization, enactment, personation]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Enactment \En*act"ment\, n.
1. The passing of a bill into a law; the giving of
legislative sanction and executive approval to a bill
whereby it is established as a law.
[1913 Webster]
2. That which is enacted or passed into a law; a law; a
decree; a statute; a prescribed requirement; as, a
prohibitory enactment; a social enactment.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
enactment
n 1: the passing of a law by a legislative body [syn:
enactment, passage]
2: a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a
committee or society or legislative body [syn: act,
enactment]
3: acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically
representing the character by speech and action and gesture
[syn: portrayal, characterization, enactment,
personation]