Make
A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889
A Dictionary of Law
1.
To prepare, subscribe, verify and file: as, to make answer.
2.
To transfer for the benefit of a creditor or creditors: as, to make an assignment.
3.
To sign, seal, and deliver; to execute; as, to make a bill, deed, note.
4.
To agree to, or to execute: as, to make a contract.
5.
To fail to do a thing required in the conduct of legal proceedings: as, to make default.
6.
To produce, create: as, to make an issue.
I--' 7.
To collect or procure under an execution: as, to make the money; money made.
8.
To swear or affirm to, in due form: as, to make oath, or affirmation., 9. To transfer: as, to make over.
10.
To prepare and read in open court: as, to make a presentment.
11.
To certify what was done under the mandate of a writ: as, to make a return. Compare Facerb; Fieri; Manufacture. Maker. Specifically, he who executes a promissory note. But "law-maker" means a legislator; and "the law-makpr," the individual, or body that enacts a law or laws.