Also with capital initial. Something transacted in council, or in a deliberative assembly; (the name of) a decree or statute passed by a legislative…

That which is enacted, an enactment; also figurative a purpose, resolution.

A settled arrangement; a settled constitution or government. Also, a legal enactment. Obsolete.

concrete. = enactment, n. 2.

A decision formally taken by a deliberative body. Obsolete. rare.

A legislative enactment proposed or adopted. In early use usually in plural, frequently contrasted with men in various phrases (after quot. 1742).

That which is enacted; an ordinance of a legislative authority, a statute.