- enabling
- adjective (only before noun) technical an enabling law is one that makes something possible or gives someone special legal powers
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enabling — UK US /ɪˈneɪblɪŋ/ adjective ► making something possible or easier: »The government has lowered corporate tax to create an enabling business environment … Financial and business terms
enabling — en·abl·ing adj: giving legal power, capacity, or sanction enabling legislation Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
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enabling — /en ay bling/, adj. Law. conferring new legal powers or capacities, esp. by removing a disability; having the right to license or regulate: an enabling act; enabling power. [1670 80; ENABLE + ING2] * * * … Universalium
enabling — adjective providing legal power or sanction (Freq. 1) an enabling resolution enabling power • Ant: ↑disabling • Similar to: ↑facultative, ↑sanctionative, ↑sanctioni … Useful english dictionary
Enabling — Enable En*a ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enabled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enabling}.] 1. To give strength or ability to; to make firm and strong. [Obs.] Who hath enabled me. 1 Tim. i. 12. [1913 Webster] Receive the Holy Ghost, said Christ to his apostles … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
enabling — en|a|bling [ıˈneıblıŋ] adj [only before noun] law an enabling law is one that makes something possible or gives someone special legal powers … Dictionary of contemporary English
enabling — en•a•bling [[t]ɛnˈeɪ blɪŋ[/t]] adj. law conferring legal power or sanction, as by removing a disability: an enabling act[/ex] • Etymology: 1670–80 … From formal English to slang
enabling clause — n. A clause in a statute that gives the proper officials the power to enforce it. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008. enabling clause A pro … Law dictionary
enabling statute — n: a statute that confers (as to an administrative agency) the power or authority to engage in conduct not previously allowed Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. enabling statute … Law dictionary
