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self-executing

[ self-ek-si-kyoo-ting, self- ]

adjective

  1. going into effect immediately without the need of supplementary legislation:

    a self-executing treaty.



self-executing

adjective

  1. (of a law, treaty, or clause in a deed or contract, etc) coming into effect automatically at a specified time, no legislation or other action being needed for enforcement
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of self-executing1

First recorded in 1865–70
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Example Sentences

The soul may be a mechanism, but it is a self-directing and self-executing mechanism.

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