Definition of law

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Law (n.) An oath, as in the presence of a court..

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Rescue :: Rescue (v.) The forcible retaking, or taking away, against law, of things lawfully distrained..
Claw :: Claw (n.) A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird..
Sheep''s-foot :: Sheep's-foot (n.) A printer's tool consisting of a metal bar formed into a hammer head at one end and a claw at the other, -- used as a lever and hammer..
Inoperative :: Inoperative (a.) Not operative; not active; producing no effects; as, laws renderd inoperative by neglect; inoperative remedies or processes..
Boyle''s Law :: Boyle's law () See under Law.
Observer :: Observer (n.) One who keeps any law, custom, regulation, rite, etc.; one who conforms to anything in practice..
Executory :: Executory (a.) Pertaining to administration, or putting the laws in force; executive..
Usucaption :: Usucaption (n.) The acquisition of the title or right to property by the uninterrupted possession of it for a certain term prescribed by law; -- the same as prescription in common law.
Unlaw :: Unlaw (n.) A fine imposed as a penalty for violation of the law.
Disafforest :: Disafforest (v. t.) To reduce from the privileges of a forest to the state of common ground; to exempt from forest laws.
Nomocracy :: Nomocracy (n.) Government in accordance with a system of law.
Kinology :: Kinology (n.) That branch of physics which treats of the laws of motion, or of moving bodies..
Philosophy :: Philosophy (n.) Literally, the love of, including the search after, wisdom; in actual usage, the knowledge of phenomena as explained by, and resolved into, causes and reasons, powers and laws..
Rescript :: Rescript (v. t.) The official written answer of the pope upon a question of canon law, or morals..
Protestation :: Protestation (n.) Formerly, a declaration in common-law pleading, by which the party interposes an oblique allegation or denial of some fact, protesting that it does or does not exist, and at the same time avoiding a direct affirmation or denial..
Detainer :: Detainer (n.) The keeping possession of what belongs to another; detention of what is another's, even though the original taking may have been lawful. Forcible detainer is indictable at common law..
Veto :: Veto (n.) A document or message communicating the reasons of the executive for not officially approving a proposed law; -- called also veto message.
Disturbance :: Disturbance (n.) The hindering or disquieting of a person in the lawful and peaceable enjoyment of his right; the interruption of a right; as, the disturbance of a franchise, of common, of ways, and the like..
Reenactment :: Reenactment (n.) The enacting or passing of a law a second time; the renewal of a law.
Disobey :: Disobey (v. t.) Not to obey; to neglect or refuse to obey (a superior or his commands, the laws, etc.); to transgress the commands of (one in authority); to violate, as an order; as, refractory children disobey their parents; men disobey their Maker and the laws..
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