An enacting clause is a short phrase that introduces the main provisions of a law enacted by a legislature. It is also called enacting formula or enacting...

of Acts of the Scottish Parliament) Order 1999. Act of Congress List of enacting clauses Rule of law Vacatio legis For example, the Government of Ireland...

consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate. In combination with the vesting clauses of Article Two and Article Three, the Vesting Clause of Article...

laws, and grandfather clauses can be used to prevent a law from having retroactive effects. For example: In the UK, the offence of indecent assault is still...

Vesting Clause declares that the executive power of the federal government is vested in the President and, along with the Vesting Clauses of Article One...

The Commerce Clause describes an enumerated power listed in the United States Constitution (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3). The clause states that the...

used to enact it or due to the content of its provisions. Entrenched clauses are, in some cases, seen as justified as protecting the rights of a minority...

in the enacting clause. The standard is as follows: BE IT ENACTED by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords...

conviction and remanded for a new trial, citing violations of the Venue and Vicinage Clauses and prejudicially refused jury instructions. Burton v. United...

the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, together with that Amendment's Free Exercise Clause, form the constitutional...

respectively, without due process of law. The U.S. Supreme Court interprets these clauses to guarantee a variety of protections: procedural due process...

charters Only three clauses of Magna Carta still remain on statute in England and Wales. These clauses concern 1) the freedom of the English Church, 2)...

Extradition Clause to require the extradition of fugitives. The Fugitive Slave Clause requires the return of fugitive slaves; this clause has not been...

that the Bill of Rights' notwithstanding clause could be used to invalidate "any" right, not just specified clauses as with the Charter. The Saskatchewan...

certain clauses founded on reasons of public policy applicable to the business in question. To avoid the necessity of constantly re-enacting the same...

provisional government. Then, upon enacting a state constitution which affirmed that the new state would forever be part of the Confederation, it would be...

Third Council of Toledo (589) marks the entry of Visigothic Spain into the Catholic Church, and is known for codifying the filioque clause into Western...

Parliament. The Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 20) was enacted two months after the Lands Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act...

scenes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe List of video-game with post-credits scenes This sets up the plot of Singam II. As depicted in The Fast and the...

Emergency Banking Act of 1933, despite the law's practical effect of invalidating gold clauses, which allowed creditors to demand payment in gold. In the 21st...

terms of the resolution proposing it. All 27 ratified and six unratified amendments are listed and detailed in the tables below. Article Five of the United...

prevail in that State. Provided that nothing in this clause shall prevent Parliament from enacting at any time any law with respect to the same matter...

English translations of common Latin phrases. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases. This list is a combination of the twenty page-by-page...

prevail in that State. Provided that nothing in this clause shall prevent Parliament from enacting at any time any law with respect to the same matter...

two-thirds majority. A further order on 6 August made all the clauses of Article 370 except clause 1 to be inoperative. In addition, the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation...

profitability. Thus the regulation of these clauses is imperative, however, the process of implementing it and the penalties of its misuse vary across different...

private laws were enacted this Congress. No treaties were enacted this Congress. List of bills in the 114th United States Congress List of bills in the 115th...

Vesting Clauses of Article One and Article Two, Article Three's Vesting Clause establishes the separation of powers among the three branches of government...

notwithstanding clauses. Canadian courts have consequently interpreted each right more expansively. However, due to the limitations clause, where a violation of a right...

Establishment Clause and Free Exercise Clause, which together form the religious liberty clauses of the First Amendment. The first clause prohibits any...