enforceable

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en·force

(ĕn-fôrs′)

tr.v. en·forced, en·forc·ing, en·forc·es

1. To compel observance of or obedience to: enforce a law.

2. To impose (a kind of behavior, for example): enforce military discipline.

3. To give force to; reinforce: "enforces its plea with a description of the pains of hell" (Albert C. Baugh).

[Middle English enforcen, from Old French enforcier, to exert force, compel, and from enforcir, to strengthen : en-, causative pref.; see en-¹ + force, strength; see force.]

en·force′a·bil′i·ty n.

en·force′a·ble adj.

en·force′ment n.

en·forc′er n.

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Adj.

enforceable - capable of being enforced

unenforceable - not enforceable; not capable of being brought about by compulsion; "an unenforceable law"; "unenforceable reforms"

Translations

enforceable

[ɪnˈfɔːsəbl] ADJ [law, rule] → ejecutable, que se puede hacer cumplir

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

enforceable

[ɪnˈfɔː^rsəb^əl] adj [rights] → exécutoire; [contract, agreement] → exécutoire; [law, regulation] → exécutoire

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

enforceable

adj → durchsetzbar

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