make

To cause to exist. United States v. Giles, 300 U.S. 41, 57 S.Ct. 340, 344, 81 L.Ed. 493.

To form, fashion, or produce. To do, perform, or execute; as to make an issue, to make oath, to make a presentment.

To do in form of law; to perform with due formalities; to execute in legal form; as to make answer, to make a return or report. To execute as one's act or obligation; to prepare and sign; to issue; to sign, execute, and deliver; as to make a conveyance, to make a note. To conclude, determine upon, agree to, or execute; as to make a contract. To cause to happen by one's neglect or omission; as to make default. To make acquisition of; to procure; to collect; as to make the money on an execution or to make a loan.

To have authority or influence; to support or sustain; as in the phrase, "This precedent makes for the plaintiff."

@ make a contract

To agree upon, and conclude or adopt, a contract. In case of a written contract, to reduce it to writing, execute it in due form, and deliver it as binding

@ make an award

To form and publish a judgment on the facts

@ make default

To fail or be wanting in some legal duty; particularly to omit the entering of an appearance when duly summoned in an action at law or other judicial proceeding. To neglect to obey the command of a subpoena, etc.

See also default

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