at law

[at law]

adverb

Law.

1. (of legal proceedings or remedies) under the law, sometimes according to the common law or codified law, rather than to what is fair in a particular case; by law.

   The will, now lost, would have benefited the whole community, but at law the next of kin is the sole heir.

Word History and Origins

Origin of at law¹

First recorded in 1560–70

Example Sentences

Now, the OCC has told applicants that it will attempt to grant conditional approvals within 120 days, after which applicants must work to raise capital and build the risk-management systems necessary to obtain final approval, said David Portilla, a partner at law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell.

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The new law signed Saturday won’t prevent private-equity healthcare deals in California, but it will make them more cumbersome and expensive, and will require private-equity firms to give the state information they don’t like to disclose, such as internal financial documents, said John Saran, a partner at law firm Holland & Knight who works on healthcare transactions.

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Neither of the two new California bills “is as sweeping nor as detrimental to California’s healthcare investment as last year’s effort,” said Travis Jackson, a partner at law firm McDermott Will & Schulte.

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“The question is less about if the studios will try to assert themselves, but when and how,” said Anthony Glukhov, senior associate at law firm Ramo, of the clash between Silicon Valley and Hollywood over AI.

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Existing law is clear — a copyright holder has full control over their copyrighted material, said Ray Seilie, entertainment litigator at law firm Kinsella Holley Iser Kump Steinsapir.

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