legislate

verb legislate

• constitute — If something constitutes a particular thing, it can be regarded as being that thing.
• pass — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
• enact — Make (a bill or other proposal) law.
• lay down the law — the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision.
• establish — Set up (an organization, system, or set of rules) on a firm or permanent basis.