Search Result for "enabling act":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a provision in a law that confers on appropriate officials the power to implement or enforce the law;
[syn: enabling act, enabling clause]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

enabling act
    n 1: a provision in a law that confers on appropriate officials
         the power to implement or enforce the law [syn: enabling
         act, enabling clause]