lawmake

English

Etymology

Back-formation from lawmaking or lawmaker.

Verb

lawmake (third-person singular simple present lawmakes, present participle lawmaking, simple past and past participle lawmade)

1. (intransitive, rare) To pass or enact laws; to legislate.
   • 2004, Kevin M. Clermont, Civil Procedure, page 254:

     […] the constitutional structure of separation of powers thus limits the federal courts' power to lawmake on their own.

   • 2005, Bennett Fairorth, Philadelphia Holidays 2004, Turkish Pleasures 1997, page 269:

     After the size and makeup of Congress was decided by the Founding Fathers, it was time to lawmake. Now, the process of creating and enacting legislation is far too complicated to be covered in this book […]