Definition of "law-writer" [law-writer]

• A writer on law; one who writes law-books. (noun)
• A copier or engrosser of legal papers. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "In this view God is the law-writer, the principle-creator, the watchmaker."
• "There was not a single law-writer that had touched upon the existence of such"
• "Pickering protested against this as a barbarism, and argued that no self-respecting law-writer would employ it, but all the same it was firmly entrenched in the common speech and it has remained there to this day."