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Enumerated power is a political power specifically delegated to a governmental branch by a constitution. It is a governmental power that is described in a foundation document such as a constitution.
These are called the government's enumerated powers (also called expressed powers, also called delegated powers). The immediate problem faced by the Framers of the Constitution was that it was impossible to list ALL the powers of government.