enabling statute

A law that permits what was previously prohibited or that creates new powers; esp., a congressional statute conferring powers on an executive agency to carry out various delegated tasks. [Cases: Administrative Law and Procedure 305. C.J.S. Public Administrative Law and Procedure §§ 49–54, 57–58, 64.]

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