Also 5 lawes-yovyng. [f. LAW sb.1 + GIVING vbl. sb.] The action or process of giving laws; legislation.
1475. Bk. Noblesse (Roxb.), 73. They bene christen men, and lyvyng under your obeissaunce, lawes-yovyng, and yelding to youre lawes.
1645. Milton, Tetrach., Wks. 1851, IV. 178. This is the very end of Lawgiving, to abolish evil customs by wholsom Laws.
1876. Oxford Bible-Helps, Mountains, Mount Horeb was the scene of the burning-bush and of the law-giving.
