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Meaning
Noun
●
The body of
binding
rules and regulations
,
customs
, and
standards
established
in a
community
by its
legislative
and
judicial
authorities.
The body of such
rules
that
pertain
to a particular topic.
●
In Directives & Law:
The body of
binding
rules and regulations
,
customs
, and
standards
established
in a
community
by its
legislative
and
judicial
authorities.
Common law, as
contrasted
with equity.
●
A
binding
regulation
or
custom
established
in a
community
in this way.
●
A
rule
, such as:
Any
rule
that must or should be
obeyed
,
concerning
behaviours
and their
consequences
. (Compare mores.)
A
rule
or
principle
regarding
the
construction
of language or art.
A
statement
(in
physics
, etc) of an (observed,
established
) order or
sequence
or relationship of
phenomena
which is
invariable
under certain
conditions
. (Compare theory.)
Any
statement
of the
relation
of
acts
and
conditions
to their consequences.
●
In Logic & Mathematics:
A
rule
, such as:
A
statement
(of
relation
) that is
true
under
specified
conditions
; a
mathematical
or
logical
rule.
●
In Linguistics & Sciences:
A
rule
, such as:
A
sound law
; a
regular
change in the
pronunciation
of a language.
●
In Cricket:
A
rule
, such as:
One of the
official
rules
of
cricket
as
codified
by the its (former)
governing
body, the MCC.
●
The control and order
brought about
by the
observance
of such rules.
●
A person or group that act(s) with
authority
to
uphold
such
rules
and order (
for example
, one or more
police
officers).
●
The
profession
that
deals with
such
rules
(as
lawyers
,
judges
,
police officers
, etc).
●
Jurisprudence, the
field
of knowledge which
encompasses
these rules.
●
Litigation;
legal action
(as a means of
maintaining
or
restoring
order,
redressing
wrongs
, etc).
●
An
allowance
of
distance
or time (a
head start
)
given to
a
weaker
(human or
animal
)
competitor
in a
race
, to make the
race
more fair.
●
In Aviation:
A
mode
of
operation
of the
flight controls
of a
fly-by-wire
aircraft.
●
In Fantasy:
One of two
metaphysical
forces
ruling
the world in some
fantasy
settings
, also called order, and
opposed
to chaos.
●
In Law:
An
oath
sworn
before a
court
, especially
disclaiming
a
debt
. (Chiefly in the
phrases
"
wager of law
", "wage
one's
law", "perform
one's
law", "lose
one's
law".)
●
A
tumulus
of stones.
●
In Northern England English & Scottish English:
A hill.
●
A
score
;
share
of
expense
;
legal
charge.
●
In Military:
Acronym of
light
anti-tank
weapon.
Verb
●
To work as a
lawyer
; to
practice
law.
●
To
prosecute
or
sue
(someone), to litigate.
●
To
rule
over (with a certain effect) by law; to govern.
*
●
To
enforce
the law.
●
To
subject
to
legal
restrictions.
Intj
●
An
exclamation
of
mild
surprise
; lawks.
Name
●
A
surname
originating
as a patronymic.
●
A
male
given name
Diminutive of Lawrence.
●
A
topographic
surname
from Old English, perhaps
originally
meaning
someone who
lives
near
a
burial
mound.
●
a
conical
hill
●
A
village
in South Lanarkshire
council area
, Scotland, United Kingdom (OS
grid
ref
NS8252).
●
the
five
Books of Moses,
particularly
the
commandments
in it
, as well as their
specification
in the Mishnah and their further
interpretation
in
later
religious
literature
●
the
commandments
in the Books of Moses, seen as
transcended
by Christ
●
the
commandments
and
moral
principles
that are
binding
for Christians, such as the Decalogue, the
teachings
of the New Testament, the Church Fathers, etc.
●
A
surname
from Chinese.
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Origin
law
English
hlaw
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
lawe
Middle English (1100-1500)
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