make law
Example Sentences
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The legislative branch would have chambers representing the people and the states, holding the power of the purse and the power to make law.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025
They could make law alone, change the law or remit its penalties alone, and sit as judge in particular cases alone.
From Slate • Feb. 26, 2025
On Tuesday, the judges agreed with the government, saying that only parliament could make law and the judges could only interpret them.
From BBC • Oct. 17, 2023
Atkins said that as a legislator who has to work with others to make law, she believes in civility and diplomacy even with those whose positions are opposed to her own.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2023
Custom, too, has decided that the Sovereign must sanction every bill which Parliament approves and resolves to make law.
From The Leading Facts of English History by Montgomery, D. H. (David Henry)
