enacted laws
Officially adopted rules
Enacted laws are statutes that have been formally passed by a legislative body and put into effect.
The phrase distinguishes active, binding legislation from proposed bills or repealed statutes: The enacted laws of the state require annual vehicle inspections.
Legal documents often reference enacted laws to specify which version of legislation applies.
- voteFormal choice expression
- civil lawLaw governing private disputes
- administrative lawLaw governing agency actions
- constitutional lawLegal principles from founding documents
- due processGuaranteed judicial fairness
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enacted lawsdraft legislation
Proposed statutory text
bills · resolutions · dead letters · motions · white papers
enacted lawsexecutive orders
Presidential directives with legal force
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