Enacting Words
Enacting words in Law Enforcement
Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of enacting words.
Resources
See Also
- Law Enforcement Officer
- Policeman
- Law Enforcement Agency
Further Reading
- enacting words in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
- enacting words in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
- A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis
English Legal System: Enacting Words
In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Enacting Words : The introductory words in an *Act of Parliament that give it the force of law. They follow immediately after the long title and date of royal assent, unless preceded by a preamble, and normally run: “Be It Enacted by the Queen s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows …”. A special formula is used in cases when the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 apply (See Act of Parliament).
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