lawmaking

Noun

Meaning

the act of making or enacting laws

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

legislation legislating constitution law legal act bill legislature congressional senatorial executive administrative passage constitutional regulation
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Antonyms

crooked criminal illegal banned prohibited forbidden
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Hypernyms

government administration governance governing government activity

Hyponyms

passage enactment criminalization decriminalization criminalisation decriminalisation

Related terms

lawmaker

Examples

The people are the best guardians of their own rights and it is the duty of their executive to abstain from interfering in or thwarting the sacred exercise of the lawmaking functions of their government. William Henry Harrison

According to Mr. Brooks’s proposed theory of change, dealing with these crises will take “government” and “crafting coalitions” and “lawmaking.” Source: Internet

Even in civil law systems that do not admit judge-made law, it is not always clear when the function of interpretation of the criminal law ends and judicial lawmaking begins. Source: Internet

“Beijing’s intention is to silence the voice of dissidents before elections for the Legislative Council (Hong Kong’s lawmaking body) in September,” Wong told me by phone from Hong Kong. Source: Internet

The body that handles most lawmaking for China’s top legislative body closed its latest meeting Saturday with no mention of whether it had passed a highly controversial national security law for Hong Kong. Source: Internet

Student and lawyer The temple of Castor and Pollux in Rome Pliny's father took him to Rome to be educated in lawmaking. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

lawm lawmake lawmaker lawman lawman-general lawmonger