ppl. a. [f. as prec. + -ED1.]
1. Ordained by legislative authority.
1579. Fulke, Heskins’ Parl., 68. It cannot be an enacted trueth, without the consent of the higher house.
1863. Fr. A. Kemble, Resid. in Georgia, 253. Certainly the laws and enacted statutes on which this detestable system is built up are potent enough; the social prejudice that buttresses it is almost more potent still.
1869. J. Martineau, Ess., II. 64. We judge by the datum of enacted law.
2. Performed (as on the stage); also, carried out in action, performed, perpetrated.
1647. H. More, Song of Soul, To Rdr. 7/1. I can seem no better to them then a piece of highly inacted folly.
1813. Scott, Rokeby, I. ii. Conscience, anticipating time, Already rues the enacted crime.
