Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
OE. lawe, laghe, AS. lagu, from the root of E. lie,: akin to OS. lag, Icel. lög, Sw. lag, Dan. lov,; cf. L. lex, E. legal,. A law, is that which is laid, set, or fixed; like statute, fr. L. statuere, to make to stand. See Lie to be prostrate
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
M. E. lawe—A.S. lagu, from licgan, to lie; Ice. lōg.
In literature:
St. Paul, like the rest of mankind, found a law in his members warring against the law which was in his heart.
"Bunyan" by James Anthony Froude
These two laws are two aspects of the same law.
"The Religious Sentiment" by Daniel G. Brinton
But before we can work successfully within the law we must know that the law really exists.
"Elementary Theosophy" by L. W. Rogers
Gradually the reign of customary law gave way to the laws framed by the people.
"History of Human Society" by Frank W. Blackmar
For he promised and bestowed that as a gift, before the Law or merit through the Law had any existence.
"Epistle Sermons, Vol. III" by Martin Luther
But, law, I suppose they can get along without me once in a lifetime.
"In the Heart of a Fool" by William Allen White
Our common law rests upon the Roman law, which, recognized persons only as property-holding beings.
"Woman under socialism" by August Bebel
WHERE the common law and a statute differ, the common law gives place to the statute; and an old statute gives place to a new one.
"Commentaries on the Laws of England" by William Blackstone
These were all the basic laws that he needed and these laws did not change.
"History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I" by Myers Gustavus
Laws and Courts and Constitutions would not be impediments in the way of Yankees resolved upon our subjugation.
"A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital" by John Beauchamp Jones
It is the law against every other law of nature, and Nature herself calls for its destruction.
"The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Complete" by Thomas Paine
But that statute of the Dark Ages was held good law in 1731; and it seems to be thought good law in 1855!
"The Trial of Theodore Parker" by Theodore Parker
Really, there are two laws of recency, the one being a {391} law of retention, the other a law of momentary warming up through exercise.
"Psychology" by Robert S. Woodworth
When determined that the foreign law shall have effect, the municipal law of the State retires, and gives place to the foreign law.
"Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of the Judges Thereof, in the Case of Dred Scott versus John F.A. Sandford" by Benjamin C. Howard
For the laws of teaching rest upon the laws of the soul.
"Training the Teacher" by A. F. Schauffler
If physical power be the fountain of law, then law and force are synonymous terms.
"The Unconstitutionality of Slavery" by Lysander Spooner
Under the Roman empire the matters thus dealt with became regulated by law, or by usages sometimes styled laws.
"Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7" by Various
These attended the parliament of Scotland in person till 1428, when a law of James I.
"View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 (of 3)" by Henry Hallam
The laws regulating the legal status of woman have been influenced by German laws.
"The Modern Woman's Rights Movement" by Kaethe Schirmacher
He's not on very good terms with our cruisers; for, in sooth, he doesn't quite understand our revenue laws.
"Old Farm Fairies:" by Henry Christopher McCook
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In poetry:
They tell me, too, that few they are who own
God's law and love;
That thousands, living for this earth alone,
Look not above;
"A Christmas Chant" by Abram Joseph Ryan
The Church can tear my soul from me,
The Law can wield its throng;
But they shall know that, even so,
I'll still retain my song.
"Ballad Of A New Villon" by Benjamin Musser
Men came around him, hailing him as one
Who saw
The clearer uplands of this life, that shun
The nether mist. His word was as a law
"The Veiled Memnon" by Alexander Anderson
When vengeance seems, for broken laws,
To light on thee with dread;
Let Christ be umpire of thy cause,
Thy Husband well can plead.
"The Believer's Jointure : Chapter I." by Ralph Erskine
The law may rouse me from my sloth,
To faith and to repentance both:
And though the law commandeth each,
Yet neither of them can it teach;
"The Believer's Principles : Chap. II." by Ralph Erskine
The law great room for boasting makes,
But grace my pride and boasting breaks;
Yet all my boast the law does kill,
And grace make room to boast my fill.
"The Believer's Principles : Chap. II." by Ralph Erskine
In news:
Pryor Says Obama Health Care Law Is Flawed But Lawful , Boozman Says It's Unconstitutional.
Eastman is the Henry Salvatori professor of law and community service and former dean at Chapman University of Law in Orange County, Calif.
Editor, the Tribune: Decades ago, as a law student, I was taught that our highest court, through its decisions, represented what was considered the supreme law of the land.
Hosted a field trip at its Newark office for students of the NJ Law and Education Empowerment Project (NJ LEEP ) Summer Law Institute NJ LEEP helps urban youth from underserved neighborhoods in northern NJ.
On July 16 the firm hosted a field trip at its Newark office for students of the NJ Law and Education Empowerment Project's (NJ LEEP ) Summer Law Institute NJ LEEP helps urban youth from underserved neighborhoods in northern NJ.
This year, a new law removed an exemption for political signs in Fairfax County, though Fairfax still isn't sure who will actually enforce this law.
She was also preceded in death by her mother and father in law Angela and Mariano Cipriani of Follansbee, and sister in law Margaret (Joe) Desirio of Wellsburg.
She was predeceased by her mother-in-law and father-in-law in Australia.
The law would require state and local officers to check status of those they lawfully stop and 'reasonably' suspect of being illegal immigrants.
Seventy-six attorneys, academics, and journalists attended the 2011 Media Law Conference held at Stetson University College of Law's Tampa Law Center campus April 15.
The Editor interviews John J Farmer, Jr. Dean, Rutgers Law School and Andrew Gimigliano, Editor-in-Chief, Rutgers Law Review.
As a law professor for the University Of Memphis Cecil C Humphreys School Of Law for more than 25 years, Barbara Kritchevsky has contributed her knowledge of the law by serving as the school's associate dean and now director of advocacy.
And, Civil Law vs Moral Law .
David Canales, a 2006 valedictorian of Thurgood Marshall School of Law in Houston, led recently ousted Court-at-Law No.
Aaron Sandusky is a medical marijuana dispensary owner caught between California law that says it is legal and federal law that says it is not.
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In science:
If this scale exists then the law (3) is not specific to flows in pipes but may be a general law for wall-bounded shear flows at large Reynolds numbers.
A Note on the Intermediate Region in Turbulent Boundary Layers
Poisson laws for m ∈ N and the free Poisson law for m = ∞ (see ).
Filtered random variables, bialgebras and convolutions
We show below that the law of ˜H− (h), which is identical to the law of H− (h), is uniform on [0, h].
Aging properties of Sinai's model of random walk in random environment
Aizenman, M., Chayes, J.T., Chayes, L., Fr¨ohlich, J., Russo, L.: On a sharp transition from area law to perimeter law in a system of random surfaces.
Rigidity of the interface for percolation and random-cluster models
For every n ∈ N∗ , the law of ψn is the conditional law of a ˜ψm with respect to the event { ˜ψm 6= 0}.
Random walks on randomly oriented lattices
Jerzy Lukierski a ∗ † and Francesco Toppan b ‡ aInstitute for Theoretical Physics, University of Wroc law, 50-204 Wroc law, pl.
Generalized Space-time Supersymmetries, Division Algebras and Octonionic M-theory
Theorem 5 The conditional law of {(A(t), S (t)), t ≥ 0} given that A(t) ≤ S (t) for al l t ≥ 0 is the same as the unconditional law of {Γ2(A, S )(t), t ≥ 0}.
Random matrices, non-colliding processes and queues
Theorem 7.1 The law of M = Γ(k) (N ) under Ro is the same as the law of N under So .
A path-transformation for random walks and the Robinson-Schensted correspondence
Hence the vector-space of elements z := x ⊢ y − x ⊣ y is a right-nilpotent space for the law ⊢ and a left nilpotent space for the law ⊣.
Coassociativity breaking and oriented graphs
Clearly, the law of {Xn } under Q ⊗ P coincides with its law under Po .
A law of large numbers for random walks in random mixing environments
They have been often referred to as “universal multifractals” because αstable laws are fixed points of infinitely divisible laws under a suitable renormalization procedure.
Multifractal stationary random measures and multifractal random walks with log-infinitely divisible scaling laws
Using the same kind of arguments on finite dimensional laws, one can also prove that the finite dimensional laws of the process Xl (t) converge to those of the subordinated process B (M (t)).
Multifractal stationary random measures and multifractal random walks with log-infinitely divisible scaling laws
Though one observes the expected power law behaviour of the viscosity in many liquids (Taborek et al 1986), accurate dielectric data in salol show a temperature dependence of the power law exponent of τα even well above Tc (Stickel et al 1995).
Energy landscape - a key concept for the dynamics of glasses and liquids
Before converging to the law of large numbers asymptotics, the typical sum may deviate strongly from this law.
Broad distribution effects in sums of lognormal random variables
But we use to consider this ”law” as an empirical fact that must be demonstrated from more primitive and elementary laws. b.- Weak interactions.
The cosmological origin of time-asymmetry
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