law
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noun
verb (used with object)
Chiefly Dialect. to sue or prosecute.
British. (formerly) to expeditate (an animal).
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Origin of law
1synonym study for law
See theory.
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law·like, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH law
law , hypothesis, theory (see synonym study at theory)Other definitions for law (2 of 5)
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law4
[ law ]
/ lɔ /
interjection Older Use.
(used as an exclamation expressing astonishment.)
Origin of law
4First recorded in 1580–90; form of lord
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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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law1
/ (lɔː) /
noun
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Related adjectives: judicial, jural, juridical, legalWord Origin for law
Old English lagu, from Scandinavian; compare Icelandic lög (pl) things laid down, law
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law2
/ (lɔː) /
noun
Scot a hill, esp one rounded in shape
Word Origin for law
Old English hlǣw
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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)
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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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