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act

Definition for act

noun as in something done

noun as in legislative document

noun as in part of a performance

noun as in pretended behavior

verb as in behave in a certain way

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Her hands are tied by D.C.’s unique status under the Home Rule Act, which granted limited self-government to the District.

From Salon

Legal experts told Anita that the move possibly runs afoul of the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits the military from taking on domestic and immigration law enforcement.

Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with immigrant rights lawyers and lower court judges who argued the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 was not intended to be used against gangs such as Tren de Aragua.

She was secretly being paid because she had good credit to act as a front for the true buyer of the properties, to whom they were later transferred.

From Salon

In her book, and in this interview, Lepore challenges Americans to rekindle their constitutional imaginations and really think about what the act of mending, repairing, or amending has meant through the nation’s history, and could mean for a country on the brink.

From Slate

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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