Pass law delayed by members holding one (9)
I believe the answer is:
legislate
'pass law' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'delayed by members holding one' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'delayed' could be 'late' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'late' is found within the answer.
'one' could be 'i' (Roman numeral) and 'i' is present in the answer.
'members' could be 'legs' (leg is a kind of member) and 'legs' is located in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for legislate that I've seen before include "Make provision" , "discharge parliamentary business" , "For what governments do" , "what members do?" , "Make or enact laws" .)