enactment

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All legislation should require that any challenge must be commenced within, say, 30 days of the law’s enactment.

From Slate • Dec. 29, 2025

I recall the intense inner excitement aroused in my heart by Alla Nazimova’s enactment of Mrs. Alving in a performance of Ibsen’s “Ghosts” in the 1930s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

The law calls for Attorney General Pam Bondi to release all Epstein-related documents held by the Justice Department within 30 days of its Nov. 19 enactment.

From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025

The ECOA’s enactment made it illegal for lenders to refuse to lend to certain groups, or charge them higher interest rates because of their race, color, religion, sex or other protected status.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 17, 2025

With this enactment Millet hoped to carry visitors “back 400 years”—despite the steam tugboats that would nudge the Spanish ships toward shore.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson