rulemaking

1. not comparableHaving the power to make rules.

   a rulemaking body

   Synonyms: regulatory

plural rulemakings

1. countableuncountablelawThe act or process of creating rules, especially regulations (as opposed to statutes).

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   From the first day of deliberations — in accordance with the process, called negotiated rulemaking — the parties operated under this assumption: If this balanced group of stakeholders and the government could agree on a standard, then OSHA would publish it in the Federal Register as its proposed rule. […] Having conducted 15 negotiated rulemakings for five federal agencies, I expected OSHA to publish the rule in 2006.

   2008 June 12, Susan Podziba, “Safety Starts at the Top”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 13 Feb 2021

   Synonyms: lawmaking, normmaking, regulation, rulewriting