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Definitions for Lawing

[1] a bill, especially for food or drink in a tavern.
[2] the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision.
[3] any written or positive rule or collection of rules prescribed under the authority of the state or nation, as by the people in its constitution. Compare bylaw, statute law.
[4] the controlling influence of such rules; the condition of society brought about by their observance: maintaining law and order.
[5] a system or collection of such rules.
[6] the department of knowledge concerned with these rules; jurisprudence: to study law.
[7] the body of such rules concerned with a particular subject or derived from a particular source: commercial law.
[8] an act of the supreme legislative body of a state or nation, as distinguished from the constitution.
[9] the principles applied in the courts of common law, as distinguished from equity.
[10] the profession that deals with law and legal procedure: to practice law.
[11] legal action; litigation: to go to law.
[12] a person, group, or agency acting officially to enforce the law: The law arrived at the scene soon after the alarm went off.
[13] any rule or injunction that must be obeyed: Having a nourishing breakfast was an absolute law in our household.
[14] a rule or principle of proper conduct sanctioned by conscience, concepts of natural justice, or the will of a deity: a moral law.
[15] a rule or manner of behavior that is instinctive or spontaneous: the law of self-preservation.
[16] (in philosophy, science, etc.) a statement of a relation or sequence of phenomena invariable under the same conditions. a mathematical rule.
[17] a principle based on the predictable consequences of an act, condition, etc.: the law of supply and demand.
[18] a rule, principle, or convention regarded as governing the structure or the relationship of an element in the structure of something, as of a language or work of art: the laws of playwriting; the laws of grammar.
[19] a commandment or a revelation from God.
[20] (sometimes initial capital letter ) a divinely appointed order or system.
[21] the Law. Law of Moses.
[22] the preceptive part of the Bible, especially of the New Testament, in contradistinction to its promises: the law of Christ.
[23] British Sports . an allowance of time or distance given a quarry or competitor in a race, as the head start given a fox before the hounds are set after it.
[24] Chiefly Dialect . to sue or prosecute.
[25] British . (formerly) to expeditate (an animal).
[26] low2.
[27] Andrew Bonar (ˈbɒnə). 1858–1923, British Conservative statesman, born in Canada; prime minister (1922–23)
[28] 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)
[29] 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
[30] Jude . born 1972, British film actor, who starred in The Talented Mr Ripley (1999), Cold Mountain (2003), and Sherlock Holmes (2009)
[31] William. 1686–1761, British Anglican divine, best known for A Serious Call to a Holy and Devout Life (1728)
[32] a rule or set of rules, enforceable by the courts, regulating the government of a state, the relationship between the organs of government and the subjects of the state, and the relationship or conduct of subjects towards each other
[33] a rule or body of rules made by the legislature See statute law a rule or body of rules made by a municipal or other authority See bylaw
[34] the condition and control enforced by such rules (in combination ) lawcourt
[35] a rule of conduct a law of etiquette
[36] one of a set of rules governing a particular field of activity the laws of tennis
[37] the law the legal or judicial system the profession or practice of law informal the police or a policeman
[38] a binding force or statement his word is law
[39] Also called: law of nature a generalization based on a recurring fact or event
[40] the science or knowledge of law; jurisprudence
[41] the principles originating and formerly applied only in courts of common law Compare equity (def. 3)
[42] a general principle, formula, or rule describing a phenomenon in mathematics, science, philosophy, etc the laws of thermodynamics
[43] the Law (capital) Judaism short for Law of Moses the English term for Torah See also Oral Law, Written Law
[44] a law unto itself or a law unto himself a person or thing that is outside established laws
[45] go to law to resort to legal proceedings on some matter
[46] lay down the law to speak in an authoritative or dogmatic manner
[47] reading the Law or reading of the Law Judaism that part of the morning service on Sabbaths, festivals, and Mondays and Thursdays during which a passage is read from the Torah scrolls
[48] take the law into one's own hands to ignore or bypass the law when redressing a grievance
[49] Scot a hill, esp one rounded in shape
[50] a Scot word for low 1

Words related to Lawing

sue, litigate, summon, try, indict, arraign, do, contest, law

Words nearby Lawing

lawes, lawfare, lawful, lawgiver, lawin, lawing, lawks, lawless, lawmaker, lawman, lawn

Origin of Lawing

1before 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

Words that may be confused with Lawing

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, lawlaw, hypothesis, theory, (see, synonym, study, at, theory)

Other words from Lawing

law·like , adjective
Related adjectives: judicial, jural, juridical, legal

Word origin for Lawing

Old English hlǣw

Synonyms for Lawing

arraign, indict, litigate, sue, summon, try, contest, do, bring suit, bring to trial, haul into court, involve in litigation, law, prefer charges, pull up, put away, put on docket, put on trial, see in court, seek redress, take to court, turn on the heat