Law

[ law ]

/ lɔ /

noun

Andrew Bon·ar

[bon-er] /ˈbɒn ər/,1858–1923, English statesman, born in Canada: prime minister 1922–23.

John,1671–1729, Scottish financier.

William,1686–1761, English clergyman and devotional writer.

British Dictionary definitions for john law (1 of 4)

Law

/ (lɔː) /

noun

Andrew Bonar (ˈbɒnə). 1858–1923, British Conservative statesman, born in Canada; prime minister (1922–23)

Denis. born 1940, Scottish footballer; a striker, he played for Manchester United (1962–73) and Scotland (30 goals in 55 games, 1958–74); European Footballer of the Year (1964)

John. 1671–1729, Scottish financier. He founded the first bank in France (1716) and the Mississippi Scheme for the development of Louisiana (1717), which collapsed due to excessive speculation

Jude . born 1972, British film actor, who starred in The Talented Mr Ripley (1999), Cold Mountain (2003), and Sherlock Holmes (2009)

William. 1686–1761, British Anglican divine, best known for A Serious Call to a Holy and Devout Life (1728)

British Dictionary definitions for john law (2 of 4)

law ¹

/ (lɔː) /

noun

a rule or set of rules, enforceable by the courts, regulating the government of a state, the relationship between the organs of government and the subjects of the state, and the relationship or conduct of subjects towards each other

a rule or body of rules made by the legislatureSee statute law
a rule or body of rules made by a municipal or other authoritySee bylaw

the condition and control enforced by such rules
(in combination)lawcourt

a rule of conduct a law of etiquette

one of a set of rules governing a particular field of activity the laws of tennis

the law

the legal or judicial system
the profession or practice of law
informal the police or a policeman

a binding force or statement his word is law

Also called: law of nature a generalization based on a recurring fact or event

the science or knowledge of law; jurisprudence

the principles originating and formerly applied only in courts of common law Compare equity (def. 3)

a general principle, formula, or rule describing a phenomenon in mathematics, science, philosophy, etc the laws of thermodynamics

the Law (capital) Judaism

short for Law of Moses
the English term for Torah See also Oral Law, Written Law

a law unto itself or a law unto himself a person or thing that is outside established laws

go to law to resort to legal proceedings on some matter

lay down the law to speak in an authoritative or dogmatic manner

reading the Law or reading of the Law Judaism that part of the morning service on Sabbaths, festivals, and Mondays and Thursdays during which a passage is read from the Torah scrolls

take the law into one's own hands to ignore or bypass the law when redressing a grievance

Other words from law

Related adjectives: judicial, jural, juridical, legal

Word Origin for law

Old English lagu, from Scandinavian; compare Icelandic lög (pl) things laid down, law

British Dictionary definitions for john law (3 of 4)

law ²

/ (lɔː) /

noun

Scot a hill, esp one rounded in shape

Word Origin for law

Old English hlǣw

British Dictionary definitions for john law (4 of 4)

law ³

/ (lɔː) /

adjective

a Scot word for low 1

Medical definitions for john law

law

[ lô ]

n.

A rule of conduct or procedure established by custom, agreement, or authority.

A set of rules or principles for a specific area of a legal system.

A piece of enacted legislation.

A formulation describing a relationship observed to be invariable between or among phenomena for all cases in which the specified conditions are met.

A generalization based on consistent experience or results.

Scientific definitions for john law

law

[ lô ]

A statement that describes invariable relationships among phenomena under a specified set of conditions. Boyle's law, for instance, describes what will happen to the volume of an ideal gas if its pressure changes and its temperature remains the same. The conditions under which some physical laws hold are idealized (for example, there are no ideal gases in the real world), thus some physical laws apply universally but only approximately. See Note at hypothesis.

Idioms and Phrases with john law

law

In addition to the idioms beginning with law

law and order
law of averages
law of the jungle
law unto oneself

also see:

above suspicion (the law)
lay down the law
letter of the law
long arm of the law
Murphy's law
possession is nine points of the law
take the law into one's hands
unwritten law

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