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Law - English Dictionary

1. In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling regulation; the mode or order according to which an agent or a power acts.
2. In morals: The will of God as the rule for the disposition and conduct of all responsible beings toward him and toward each other; a rule of living, conformable to righteousness; the rule of action as obligatory on the conscience or moral nature.
3. The Jewish or Mosaic code, and that part of Scripture where it is written, in distinction from the gospel; hence, also, the Old Testament.
4. An organic rule, as a constitution or charter, establishing and defining the conditions of the existence of a state or other organized community.
5. Any edict, decree, order, ordinance, statute, resolution, judicial, decision, usage, etc., or recognized, and enforced, by the controlling authority.
6. In philosophy and physics: A rule of being, operation, or change, so certain and constant that it is conceived of as imposed by the will of God or by some controlling authority; as, the law of gravitation; the laws of motion; the law heredity; the laws of thought; the laws of cause and effect; law of self-preservation.
7. In matematics: The rule according to which anything, as the change of value of a variable, or the value of the terms of a series, proceeds; mode or order of sequence.
8. In arts, works, games, etc.: The rules of construction, or of procedure, conforming to the conditions of success; a principle, maxim; or usage; as, the laws of poetry, of architecture, of courtesy, or of whist.
9. Collectively, the whole body of rules relating to one subject, or emanating from one source; -- including usually the writings pertaining to them, and judicial proceedings under them; as, divine law; English law; Roman law; the law of real property; insurance law.
10. Legal science; jurisprudence; the principles of equity; applied justice.
11. Trial by the laws of the land; judicial remedy; litigation; as, to go law.
12. An oath, as in the presence of a court.
13. Same as Lawe, v. t.
14. An exclamation of mild surprise.
15. law software law LAWN wireless local area network Lawrence Livermore Labs Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory LLNL A research organaisatin operated by the University of California under a contract with the US Department of Energy. LLNL was founded on 2 September 1952 at the site of an old World War II naval air station. The Lab employs researchers from many scientific and engineering disciplines. Some of its departments are the National Ignition Facility, the Human Genome Center, the ASCI Tera-Scale Computing partnership, the Computer Security Technology Center, and the Site 300 Experimental Test Facility. Other research areas are Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science, Automation and Robotics, Biology, Chemistry, Computing, Energy Research, Engineering, Environmental Science, Fusion, Geology and Geophysics, Health, Lasers and Optics, Materials Science, National Security, Physics, Sensors and Instrumentation, Space Science. LLNL also works with industry in research and licensing projects. At the end of fiscal year 1995, the lab had signed agreements for 193 cost-shared research projects involving 201 companies and worth nearly $600m. Home http://www.llnl.gov/. Address: Fremont, California, USA.
16. the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system; "he studied law at Yale"

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law criminal negligence criminal possession criminal suit cross-examination curfew custody battle custody case dalton's law death warrant debarment debenture declaration decree decree nisi deed deed poll default judgment defective pleading defendant defense defense attorney delinquency demur demurrer department of justice deposition derivative instrument derogation devise dilatory plea diplomatic immunity direct evidence direct examination directed verdict director-stockholder relation disbar disbarment disclaimer discovery dissent dissenting opinion dissolution of marriage distribution law divestiture divine law divorce divorce lawyer dock docket domicile double jeopardy drug war due process easement effect eighteenth amendment eminent domain enabling act enabling legislation enactment enfeoffment entitlement entrapment equal opportunity equal protection of the laws equilibrium law escheat evasive answer eviction evidence evidentiary execution executor-heir relation extenuate fair hearing false imprisonment false pretense false verdict farm bill fechner's law federal bureau of investigation fermi-dirac statistics fiduciary relation fieri facias fifth amendment file filer filiate final judgment finding finding of law fire code first amendment fourteenth amendment franchise freedom from cruel and unusual punishment freedom from discrimination freedom from double jeopardy freedom from involuntary servitude freedom from search and seizure freedom from self-incrimination freedom of assembly freedom of religion freedom of speech freedom of the press freedom to bear arms fundamental law fungible gag law gag order game law garnishment gay-lussac's law general verdict get off give grand jury grant habeas corpus hearing hearsay evidence heirloom henry's law homestead law hooke's law hubble's law human right hung jury impoundment imprison imprisonment infection inheritance injunction interdict interest international law intervenor intervention intestate intra vires jactitation jane doe john doe joint resolution jointure judge judge advocate general judgment judgment in personam judgment in rem judgment of dismissal judgment on the merits judicial branch judicial review jurist jury system jus sanguinis jus soli justice justice of the peace kepler's law kidnapping kirchhoff's laws law law enforcement law firm law of averages law of constant proportion law of diminishing returns law of effect law of equivalent proportions law of gravitation law of mass action law of multiple proportions law of the land law of thermodynamics law practice lawgiver lawsuit lawyer lawyer-client relation learned profession legal action legal code legal document legal duty legal fee legal power legal principle legal profession legal relation legal representation legal representative legal separation legal status legal system legalization legislation legislative act legislator legitimation letters of administration letters testamentary libel license life estate limitation liquidator lis pendens litigant litigation living will maintenance major majority opinion mandamus mandate mandatory injunction manifest marital status maritime law marriage martial law mendel's law mens rea mercantile law messuage military court military law minor mistrial mitigating circumstance monition moot moot court mortgage deed mosaic law muniments murder conviction naturalization neglect of duty negotiable instrument newton's law of motion next friend night court nominal damages non prosequitur notary novation nuisance null obiter dictum objection obstruction of justice occupational safety and health act ohm's law opinion ordinance ordinary ouster owner panel paralegal pardon parole partner relation party pascal's law passport patent patent right patent system paternity suit pauli exclusion principle penal code periodic law permanent injunction petit jury plaintiff planck's law planck's radiation law plea plea bargain plea-bargain plead pleading police court poor law power of attorney preemption prefer premeditation presentment presumption pretrial prevailing party principle principle of relativity privilege probable cause probate probate court probation proceeding production prohibition promulgator prosecution prosecutor prove provost court public defender public law punitive damages qualified quarter sessions question of law quitclaim quo warranto quotient verdict rape conviction rationale re-examine rebutter receiver-creditor relation receivership recission recognizance reconvict record recusation recuse redeeming(a) redirect examination referee rejoinder relation back relief remission render replication reprieve republish res gestae residuary resisting arrest retaliatory eviction retrial reversal reversion reversionary reversioner revertible review richard roe right of election right of entry right of offset right of privacy right of re-entry right to an attorney right to confront accusors right to due process right to speedy and public trial by jury right to vote riot act robbery conviction rule of evidence rule of law sanitary code scaleless scienter scire facias scopes trial search warrant securities law sedition sentence sequestration sexual assault shariah ship's papers sidebar solicitor sound law special act special jury special pleading special verdict specification spoliation state's evidence statute book statute of limitations statutory law stay stay of execution stevens' law stipulation submission subornation subornation of perjury subpoena subpoena duces tecum subrogation substantive summary judgment summation summons superior court supreme court surrebutter surrejoinder tax law tax system temporary injunction test case testate testify testimony theory therefor ticket title deed tort trade bill traffic court transcript transferee transferor trial trial attorney trial court trial judge trier trust busting trust deed trustee trustee-beneficiary relation twentieth amendment ultra vires unalterable undue united states code united states constitution unqualified use usufruct uxor venire facias venter verdict verification verify vested interest vexatious litigation visitation right voting system vouch in vouchee warrant waste weber's law will witness writ writ of detinue writ of election writ of error writ of prohibition writ of right written agreement

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