legiferieren

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lēgem ferre.

Pronunciation

Verb

legiferieren (weak, third-person singular present legiferiert, past tense legiferierte, past participle legiferiert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (rare with Switzerland) to legislate
    Synonyms: Gesetz beschließen, Gesetz erlassen, Recht setzen
    • 2013, Fritz Ossenbühl, Matthias Cornils, Staatshaftungsrecht, 6th edition, München: C. H. Beck, →ISBN, page 106:
      Allerdings darf nicht aus dem Blick geraten, dass die gegen eine Haftung für legislatives Unrecht sprechenden Erwägungen nicht mehr zutreffen, wenn der Gesetzgeber mit Blick auf bestimmte Einzelfälle oder Einzelpersonen legiferiert.
      But it must not go out of view that the considerations weighing against liability for legislative wrong do not apply any more when the lawmaker legislates in regard to certain individual cases or persons.

Conjugation

References

  • legiferieren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache