law
"the law,"
1. the legal or judicial system.
2. the profession or practice of law.
3. Informal. the police or a policeman.
(The) Law (in Judaism):
1. short for Law of Moses.
2. the English term for Torah See also Oral Law, Written Law.
3. the first part of the Jewish scriptures; pentateuch, torah. (see Bible Table.*)
Law of Moses:
the Pentateuch, containing the Mosaic dispensations, or system of rules and ordinances, and forming the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
Related Word: Decalogue. (Compare Hagiographa,* Prophets.*)
bylaw:
1. a standing rule governing the regulation of a corporation's or society's internal affairs.
2. a subsidiary law.
3. British. an ordinance of a municipality or community.
statute law:
1. statutory law.
2. a law enacted by a legislative body.
3. a particular example of this.
prescribe:
to lay down as a guide, direction, or rule of action; ordain.
common law:
the body of law developed in England primarily from judicial decisions based on custom and precedent, unwritten in statute or code, and constituting the basis of the English legal system and of the system in all of the U.S. except Louisiana.
equity:
a system of jurisprudence founded on principles of natural justice and fair conduct. It supplements the common law and mitigates its inflexibility, as by providing a remedy where none exists at law.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English law(e), lagh(e), Old English lagu < Old Norse *lagu, early plural of lag layer, stratum, a laying in order, fixed tune, (in collective sense) law; akin to lay1, lie2. British dictionary: Old English lagu, from Scandinavian; compare Icelandic lög (pl) things laid down, law. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of law: Noun: before the 12th century. Verb: circa 1550. History and Etymology: Noun and Verb: Middle English, from Old English lagu, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse lǫg law; akin to Old English licgan to lie — more at lie. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Updated: 4 August 2020 {5:58 PM}
1. the legal or judicial system.
2. the profession or practice of law.
3. Informal. the police or a policeman.
(The) Law (in Judaism):
1. short for Law of Moses.
2. the English term for Torah See also Oral Law, Written Law.
3. the first part of the Jewish scriptures; pentateuch, torah. (see Bible Table.*)
Law of Moses:
the Pentateuch, containing the Mosaic dispensations, or system of rules and ordinances, and forming the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
Related Word: Decalogue. (Compare Hagiographa,* Prophets.*)
bylaw:
1. a standing rule governing the regulation of a corporation's or society's internal affairs.
2. a subsidiary law.
3. British. an ordinance of a municipality or community.
statute law:
1. statutory law.
2. a law enacted by a legislative body.
3. a particular example of this.
prescribe:
to lay down as a guide, direction, or rule of action; ordain.
common law:
the body of law developed in England primarily from judicial decisions based on custom and precedent, unwritten in statute or code, and constituting the basis of the English legal system and of the system in all of the U.S. except Louisiana.
equity:
a system of jurisprudence founded on principles of natural justice and fair conduct. It supplements the common law and mitigates its inflexibility, as by providing a remedy where none exists at law.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English law(e), lagh(e), Old English lagu < Old Norse *lagu, early plural of lag layer, stratum, a laying in order, fixed tune, (in collective sense) law; akin to lay1, lie2. British dictionary: Old English lagu, from Scandinavian; compare Icelandic lög (pl) things laid down, law. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of law: Noun: before the 12th century. Verb: circa 1550. History and Etymology: Noun and Verb: Middle English, from Old English lagu, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse lǫg law; akin to Old English licgan to lie — more at lie. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Updated: 4 August 2020 {5:58 PM}