"law" as verb--who originated?

[Fred Shapiro]

On Fri, 14 Jan 2000, Jesse T Sheidlower wrote:

> Who is it who had been asking about the use of _law_ as
> a verb? I can't seem to find the original letter in my
> mailbox.

It was Bethany Dumas.

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