See Also: Enforcement(law)
law enforcement(dictionary)
enforcement(dictionary)
enforcement(dictionary)
law enforcement agent(dictionary)
Assault On A Law Enforcement Officer(law)
Drug Enforcement Administration, the(dictionary)
KNOXVILLE LAW ENFORCEMENT Credit Union(finance)
ROCKY MOUNTAIN LAW ENFORCEMENT Credit Union(finance)
Insider Trading and Securities Fraud Enforcement Act of 1988 (ITSFEA)(finance)

enforcement (iou)



enforcement noun. L15.
[Old French, formed as ENFORCE verb: see -MENT.]
Constraint, compulsion; a constraining or compelling influence. Now rare. L15.
The action or an act of assaulting or overcoming by violence. Only in L16.
The forceful pressing of an argument, demand, etc. L16.
S. Smiles It cost him many years of arguing, illustration, and enforcement.
The (forcible) extraction of payment; the process of compelling observance of a law, regulation, etc. L16.
enforcement agency, enforcement officer, etc.
Sir W. Scott The occasion seemed to require an enforcement of domestic discipline.
(A) reinforcement, esp. of an army etc. M17-M18.
Comb.: enforcement notice: issued by a local authority in Britain and specifying a breach of planning legislation that the recipient is required to remedy.