enabling clause — ➔ clause * * * enabling clause UK US noun [C] ► LAW the section of a formal agreement, a law, etc., that gives someone legal authority to do something: »There is an enabling clause in the contract that states that the company has the right to… … Financial and business terms
Enabling clause — In 1979, as part of the Tokyo Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the enabling cause was adopted in order to provide a legal basis for extending the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) beyond the original 10 years. In… … Wikipedia
enabling clause — noun a provision in a law that confers on appropriate officials the power to implement or enforce the law • Syn: ↑enabling act • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑legislative act, ↑statute … Useful english dictionary
enabling clause — That portion of a statute or constitution which gives to governmental officials the power and authority to put it into effect and to enforce such. See enacting clause enforcement powers … Black's law dictionary
enabling clause — That portion of a statute or constitution which gives to governmental officials the power and authority to put it into effect and to enforce such. See enacting clause enforcement powers … Black's law dictionary
clause — [klɔːz ǁ klɒːz] noun [countable] LAW COMMERCE a part of a written law, contract, or legal document that deals with a particular item or subject: • Clause 12 enables the Secretary of State to make orders to protect pension rights. asˈsignment… … Financial and business terms
enabling statute — Term applied to any statute enabling persons or corporations, or agencies to do what before they could not. It is applied to statutes which confer new powers. See also enabling clause. The English Act of 32 Henry VIII, c. 28, by which tenants in… … Black's law dictionary
enabling statute — Term applied to any statute enabling persons or corporations, or agencies to do what before they could not. It is applied to statutes which confer new powers. See also enabling clause. The English Act of 32 Henry VIII, c. 28, by which tenants in… … Black's law dictionary
enabling act — noun a provision in a law that confers on appropriate officials the power to implement or enforce the law (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑enabling clause • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑legislative act, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Enabling act — An enabling act is a piece of legislation by which a legislature grants an entity which depends on it for authorization or legitimacy to take a certain action(s). It is important not to confuse enabling acts from different times and places, since … Wikipedia
