law
1
[ law ]
/ lɔ /
noun
verb (used with object)
Chiefly Dialect.
to sue or prosecute.
British.
(formerly) to expeditate (an animal).
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1OTHER WORDS FROM law
law·like, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH law
law hypothesis theory (see synonym study at theory)Words nearby law
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law
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[ law ]
/ lɔ /
interjection Older Use.
(used as an exclamation expressing astonishment.)
Origin of law
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First recorded in 1580–90; form of
lord
Definition for law (5 of 6)
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.
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legal dictionary
noun
a specialized dictionary covering terms used in the various branches of the legal profession, as civil law, criminal law, and corporate law. A comprehensive legal dictionary adds to its body of standard English entries many words and phrases that have made their way into modern legal practice from law French and Latin and are rarely found in a general English monolingual dictionary. Such a specialized dictionary is useful not only for law students and for attorneys themselves, but for members of the lay public who require legal services. Legal dictionaries published in print follow the normal practice of sorting entry terms alphabetically, while electronic dictionaries, such as the online Dictionary of Law on Dictionary.com, allow direct, immediate access to a search term.
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British Dictionary definitions for law (1 of 4)
law
1
/ (lɔː) /
noun
Other words from law
Related adjectives: judicial, jural, juridical, legalWord Origin for law
Old English
lagu, from Scandinavian; compare Icelandic
lög (pl) things laid down, law
British Dictionary definitions for law (2 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 law (3 of 4)
British Dictionary definitions for law (4 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)
Medical definitions for 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 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.
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