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lawmaking

[law-mey-ker]

law·mak·er

[law-mey-ker]
noun
a person who makes or enacts law; legislator.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English lawe maker. See law1, maker

law·mak·ing, noun, adjective
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lawmaking

noun
the act of making or enacting laws [syn: legislation
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