Definition of law

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Law (n.) 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..

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Melodics :: Melodics (n.) The department of musical science which treats of the pitch of tones, and of the laws of melody..
Majority :: Majority (n.) The condition of being of full age, or authorized by law to manage one's own affairs..
Chorology :: Chorology (n.) The science which treats of the laws of distribution of living organisms over the earth's surface as to latitude, altitude, locality, etc..
Exchequer :: Exchequer (n.) One of the superior courts of law; -- so called from a checkered cloth, which covers, or formerly covered, the table..
Holiday :: Holiday (n.) A day fixed by law for suspension of business; a legal holiday.
Kinology :: Kinology (n.) That branch of physics which treats of the laws of motion, or of moving bodies..
Scratch :: Scratch (v. t.) To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough across, as the claws, the nails, a pin, or the like..
Enactment :: Enactment (n.) The passing of a bill into a law; the giving of legislative sanction and executive approval to a bill whereby it is established as a law.
Usure :: Usure (v. i.) To practice usury; to charge unlawful interest.
Wayleway :: Wayleway (interj.) See Welaway.
Audacious :: Audacious (a.) Committed with, or proceedings from, daring effrontery or contempt of law, morality, or decorum..
Brack :: Brack (n.) An opening caused by the parting of any solid body; a crack or breach; a flaw.
Flawter :: Flawter (v. t.) To scrape o/ pare, as a skin..
Pantheism :: Pantheism (n.) The doctrine that the universe, taken or conceived of as a whole, is God; the doctrine that there is no God but the combined force and laws which are manifested in the existing universe; cosmotheism..
Day :: Day (n.) Those hours, or the daily recurring period, allotted by usage or law for work..
Misbegotten :: Misbegotten (p. a.) Unlawfully or irregularly begotten; of bad origin; pernicious.
Litigious :: Litigious (a.) Inclined to judicial contest; given to the practice of contending in law; guarrelsome; contentious; fond of litigation.
Fitness :: Fitness (n.) The state or quality of being fit; as, the fitness of measures or laws; a person's fitness for office..
Gownman :: Gownman (n.) One whose professional habit is a gown, as a divine or lawyer, and particularly a member of an English university; hence, a civilian, in distinction from a soldier..
Party :: Party (v.) The plaintiff or the defendant in a lawsuit, whether an individual, a firm, or corporation; a litigant..
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