Enact /(?)/

En·act

Enact

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Enacted; p. pr. & vb. n. Enacting

  1. To decree; to establish by legal and authoritative act; to make into a law; especially, to perform the legislative act with reference to (a bill) which gives it the validity of law.
  2. To act; to perform; to do; to effect. [Obs.]
    The king enacts more wonders than a man.
  3. To act the part of; to represent; to play.
    I did enact Julius Caesar.

Phrases & Compounds
Enacting clause
that clause of a bill which formally expresses the legislative sanction.

Enact

n.
  1. Purpose; determination. [Obs.]