1. the act of making or enacting laws

3. law determining the fundamental political principles of a government

5. a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process

6. a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice

7. a university in Massachusetts

9. a salesperson in a store

2. greatest or maximal in degree; extreme

4. a stock or supply of foods

8. a statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (a bill or constitution etc.)

9. a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work

10. existing as an essential constituent or characteristic

11. a portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine; used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War