ENACTIVE

Etymology

Adjective

enactive (not comparable)

Having power to enact or establish as a law.

[…] the case is as clear as the light, that this very statute is declarative of old fundamental law, not enactive of new law.

Source: Wiktionary


En*act"ive, a.

Definition: Having power to enact or establish as a law. Abp. Bramhall.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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