Relating to or having the power to enact or establish laws and regulations.
From the prefix en- (to cause to be) combined with act (to do) plus the suffix -ory (relating to). The term evolved in legal contexts to describe the capacity or function of legislative bodies.
This word reveals how English legal terminology uses Latin-based prefixes to create precise meanings—'enactory power' is a much more efficient way to say 'the power that brings laws into existence' than using a whole phrase.
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