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What (who) is Enforce - definition

ASPECT OF US LEGAL HISTORY
The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article; Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation; The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation; Enforcement clause; Enforcement Clause

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Enforce; Enforcing
(enforces, enforcing, enforced)
1.
If people in authority enforce a law or a rule, they make sure that it is obeyed, usually by punishing people who do not obey it.
Until now, the government has only enforced the ban with regard to American ships...
VERB: V n
2.
To enforce something means to force or cause it to be done or to happen.
They struggled to limit the cost by enforcing a low-tech specification...
David is now living in Beirut again after an enforced absence.
VERB: V n, V-ed
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Enforce; Enforcing
v. a.
1.
Give force to, urge with energy, set forth strongly, impress on the mind.
2.
Put in execution, put in force, compel obedience to, have executed or obeyed.
3.
Constrain, compel, oblige, force, require.
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Enforce; Enforcing
¦ verb compel compliance with (a law, rule, or obligation).
?cause to happen by necessity or force.
Derivatives
enforceability noun
enforceable adjective
enforced adjective
enforcedly adverb
enforcement noun
enforcer noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. enforcir, enforcier, based on L. in- 'in' + fortis 'strong'.

Wikipedia

Congressional power of enforcement

A Congressional power of enforcement is included in a number of amendments to the United States Constitution. The language "The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation" is used, with slight variations, in Amendments XIII, XIV, XV, XIX, XXIII, XXIV, and XXVI. The variations in the pertinent language are as follows: The Thirteenth Amendment leaves out the word "the", the Fourteenth Amendment states "The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article." In addition to the amendments above, the Eighteenth Amendment states "The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."

Examples of use of Enforce
1. Petersburg, to enforce Kremlin control over Gazprom.
2. Police manned checkpoints to enforce the restriction.
3. On illegal immigration, enforce the border, secure the border and enforce the law.‘‘ The simple talk on complex issues brought applause.
4. Simon Jenkins seemed to argue on these pages last week that if we cannot enforce this principle across the board we shouldn‘t enforce it anywhere.
5. You have to enforce the rule of law as it relates to the border, and you have to enforce the rule of law as it relates to benefits.