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ENFORCE Definition & Legal Meaning

Definition & Citations:

To put into execution; to cause to take effect; to make effective; as, toenforce a writ, a judgment, or the collection of a debt or fine. Breitenbach v. Bush, 44Pa. 320, 84 Am. Dec. 442; Emery v. Emery, 9 How. Prac. (N. Y.) 132; People v.Christerson, 59 111. 158.

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