Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Enactment \En*act"ment\, n.
   1. The passing of a bill into a law; the giving of
      legislative sanction and executive approval to a bill
      whereby it is established as a law.

   2. That which is enacted or passed into a law; a law; a
      decree; a statute; a prescribed requirement; as, a
      prohibitory enactment; a social enactment.

Source : WordNet®

enactment
     n 1: the passing of a law by a legislative body [syn: {passage}]
     2: a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a
        committee or society or legislative body [syn: {act}]
     3: acting the part of a character on stage; dramaticially
        representing the character by speech and action and
        gesture [syn: {portrayal}, {characterization}, {personation}]