Definitions

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  • adjective Enacting laws; legislative.

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  • noun the act of passing or enacting of laws, legislating

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  • noun the act of making or enacting laws

Etymologies

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law +‎ making

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Examples

  • However, too many of our lawmakers consider their election a mandate to "follow their conscience" even when the majority of those who elected them did so under their conscience which defined a different priority in lawmaking that what the (now secure in office) lawmaker espouses.

    Bishop bars Patrick Kennedy from communion over abortion 2009

  • Sounds like "lawmaking is wasted on lawyers," right?

    Dave Albo Charges $4,500 Per DWI 2007

  • One man's lawmaking is another's judicial review. (e.g., the Florida legislature in the euthanasia case).

    Balkinization 2004

  • This kind of lawmaking only works as a knee-jerk reaction to a crisis, when Republicans and Democrats are equally panicked and looking for a big win for the people to shore up their political ambitions.

    unknown title 2009

  • While the actual effects of this law may be mild, this kind of lawmaking with the overly-arbitrary wording and the practical impossibility of any government official to keep an eye on the misusing of this law, sets a dangerous base to build future laws upon.

    Techdirt 2009

  • "lawmaking," he's celebrated in your pages - celebrated for doing, save on a grander scale, exactly what is done by common thieves.

    Cafe Hayek 2010

  • "lawmaking," he's celebrated in your pages - celebrated for doing, save on a grander scale, exactly what is done by common thieves.

    Libertarian Blog Place 2010

  • "lawmaking," he's celebrated in your pages - celebrated for doing, save on a grander scale, exactly what is done by common thieves.

    Cafe Hayek Don Boudreaux 2010

  • "lawmaking," he's celebrated in your pages - celebrated for doing, save on a grander scale, exactly what is done by common thieves.

    Libertarian Blog Place Various Libertarian Bloggers 2010

  • Worse, the power of special interests paralyzes lawmaking.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

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