(a) law

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Englisch - Türkisch
yasa
maritime law
deniz hukuku
civil law
medeni kanun
law
{i} hukuk

Ceza hukuku, ceza yasası olarak da bilinen, bir suç olarak sınıflandırılmış olan bir hareket için takibat gerektirir. - Criminal law, also known as penal law, involves prosecution for an act that has been classified as a crime.

Erkek kardeşim hukuk öğrenimi için Amerika'ya gitti. - My brother went to the United States to study law.

mother in law
kayınvalide
The Law of Unification of Education
(Biyokimya) Tevhid-i Tedrisat Kanunu
adjective law
(Fizik) Usul hukuku
apply the law
Kanunu uygulamak
common law husband
(Fizik) Resmi nikâhsız koca
take the law into one's own hands
Kendi adaletini uygulamak
admiralty law
deniz hukuku
counselor at law
avukat
law abiding
yasalara saygılı
law and order
kanun ve düzen

Polis, kanun ve düzenin korunmasından sorumludur. - The police are responsible for the maintenance of law and order.

read law
(Fiili Deyim ) hukuk öğrenimi yapmak
rule of law
hukukun üstünlüğü

Almanya orman kanunu ile yönetilmez ama hukukun üstünlüğü ile yönetilir. - Germany is not ruled by the law of the jungle, but by the rule of law.

according to the law
kanunen
amnesty law
(Kanun) af kanunu
applicable law
(Ticaret) uygulanabilir yasa
applicable law
ilgili mevzuat
association law
(Politika, Siyaset) dernekler hukuku
business law
(Ticaret) ticaret hukuku
business law
(Ticaret) işletme hukuku
common law
örf ve adete dayanan hukuk
common law
(Ticaret) anglo sakson hukuk sistemi
common law
müşterek hukuk
common law wife
Resmi nikâhsız karı
company law
(Kanun) şirketler yasası
comply with the law
(Kanun) kanuna uymak
conflict of law
yasalar çatışması
conservation law
(Askeri) koruma kanunu
constitutional law
anayasal hukuk
constitutional law
(Kanun) kanun-u esasiye
constitutional law
(Kanun) hukuk-u esasiye
construction law
(Kanun) imar kanunu
consumer protection law
(Ticaret) tüketiciyi koruma kanunu
contrary to law
(Kanun) kanunsuz
contrary to law
(Kanun) hukuka aykırı
control law
(Bilgisayar,Teknik) kontrol kuralı
corporation law
şirket hukuku
court of law
(Kanun) adliye mahkemesi
current law
yürürlükteki yasa
customary law
örfi hukuk
deed law
(Kanun) tapu kanunu
development plan law
(Kanun) imar yasası
draft law
(Kanun) tasarı
electricity market law
elektrik piyasası kanunu
enforce the law
kanunu uygulamak
enforce the law
(Kanun) kanunu icra etmek
father in law
(Kanun) kayınbaba
firm law
(Kanun) şirketler hukuku
foreign law
(Kanun) yabancı hukuk
foreign law
(Kanun) ecnebi hukuku
humanitarian law
insani hukuk
humanitarian law
insancıl hukuk
immigration law
(Kanun) göçmenlik yasası
immigration law
(Kanun) göç yasası
insert a provision into a law
(Kanun) yasaya hüküm koymak
international law
(Ticaret) devletler umumi hukuku
introduce law
kanun çıkarmak
labor law
iş kanunu
labour law
(Kanun) is kanunu
land law
(Çevre,Ticaret) toprak hukuku
law administrator
kayyum
law firm
avukatlık ofisi
law of motion
hareket yasası
law of supply
(Ticaret) arz kanunu
law of torts
tazminat davası
lay down the law
ahkam kesmek
lay down the law
(deyim) dediği dedik olmak
lay down the law
direktif vermek
lay down the law
ukalalık etmek
lay down the law
(deyim) patronluk taslamak
lay down the law
zart zurt etmek
marital law
(Askeri) sıkıyönetim
martial law
(Kanun) sıkıyönetim kanunu
mining law
(Askeri) madencilik kanunu
motion law
(Fizik) hareket yasası
national law
(Kanun) iç hukuk
natural law
(Pisikoloji, Ruhbilim) doğa yasası
newton's second law
(Fizik) newton'un ikinci yasası
notice law
tebligat hukuku
obligations law
borçlar hukuku
pending law
(Kanun) bekleyen yasa
power law
güç yasası
practice of law
avukatlık
press law
basın hukuku
pressure law
basınç kanunu
presumption of law
(Kanun,Ticaret) kanuni karine
principle of law
(Kanun) hukuki ilke
principle of law
(Kanun) hukuki norm
priority law
(Botanik, Bitkibilim) öncelik kanunu
prize law
savaş ganimeti hukuku
promotion law
teşvik yasası
promotion law
teşvik kanunu
property law
kat mülkiyeti kanunu
provision of law
(Kanun) kanun hükmü
pure law
salt hukuk
reciprocity law
(Fotoğrafçılık) eşdeğerlilik kuralı
reciprocity law
(Fotoğrafçılık) pozlama dengesi kuralı
religious law
şeriat
respect a law
yasaya uymak
respect a law
yasalara uymak
shipping law
(Ticaret) deniz hukuku
social law
sosyal güvenlik hukuku
sociology of law
(Eğitim) hukuk sosyolojisi
sound law
(Dilbilim) ses yasası
spirit of law
(Kanun) kanunun ruhu
strong law of effect
(Pisikoloji, Ruhbilim) güçlü etki yasası
subject to law
kanuna tabi olmak
take the law into one's own hands
Ignore or bypass the law when redressing a grievance
term of law
hukuki tabir
things law
eşya hukuku
trust law
(Politika, Siyaset) inançlı mülkiyet hukuku
trust law
(Politika, Siyaset) tröst hukuku
turkish criminal law
(Kanun) türk ceza kanunu
village law
(Kanun,Ticaret) köy kanunu
Faraday's law
Faraday kanunu
aliens' law
yabancılar yasası
common law
içtihatlara dayalı hukuk
coulomb's law
coulomb yasası
law of definite proportions
belirli oranlar yasası
law of dominance
baskın karakter kanunu
public law
amme hukuku
second law of motion
ikinci hareket kanunu
Englisch - Englisch

Definition von (a) law im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

-in-law
Related through marriage

cousin-in-law.

Black Law
Any one of a series of laws, passed before the American Civil War, sharply discriminating against free negroes who wished to emigrate to a northern state and become citizens thereof
Boyle's law
The observation that the pressure of an ideal gas is inversely proportional to its volume at constant temperature
Bragg's law
equates the angle (\theta) between the incident and scattered ray to the spacing (d) between the crystal planes and the wavelength (\lambda) of the radiation - n\lambda=2d\sin(\theta) \
Charles's law
the law that the density of an ideal gas is inversely proportional to its temperature at constant pressure
Coulomb's law
the fundamental law of electrostatics - the force between two point charges is proportional to the product of their charges, and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them
Curie's law
a law which shows that the magnetic susceptibility of a paramagnetic dipole is inversely proportional to the absolute temperature; the basis of operation of magnetic thermometers
Dalton's law
when two elements can combine to form more than one compound then the amounts of one which combines with a fixed amount of the other will have a simple multiple relationship
Dalton's law
the total pressure of a mixture or gases is the sum of the partial pressures of each gas in the mixture; it is only true for ideal gases
Descartes law
Snell's law
Finagle's law
An adage which states that if anything can go wrong, then it will at the worst possible moment
Godwin's law
The adage that any Usenet discussion will eventually mention the Nazis or Adolf Hitler
Good Samaritan law
A law that requires able persons, without putting themselves at risk, to provide reasonable aid to persons who are injured, ill, or otherwise imperiled
Good Samaritan law
A law that exempts from legal liability a person who attempts to give reasonable aid to another person who is injured, ill, or otherwise imperiled
Hooke's law
the principle that the stress applied to a solid is directly proportional to the strain produced. This law describes the behavior of springs and solids stressed within their elastic limit
Hubble law
states that the velocity at which a distant object is receding from the Earth (as measured by its redshift) is proportional to its distance; observational evidence for an expanding universe
Hubble's law
alternative spelling of Hubble law
Jim Crow law
Nickname for any law which racially segregated public facilities and which was enacted in Southern and border states in the United States between 1876 and 1965
John Law
A personification of law enforcement; a police officer
Joule's law
the quantitative relationship between the quantity of heat produced in a conductor and the electric current flowing through it
Kirchhoff's current law
a law showing that electric charge is conserved around an electrical circuit: - At any point in an electrical circuit where charge density is not changing in time, the sum of currents flowing towards that point is equal to the sum of currents flowing away from that point
Kirchhoff's voltage law
a law showing that energy is conserved around an electrical circuit: - The directed sum of the electrical potential differences around a circuit must be zero
Kirchoff's current law
Common misspelling of Kirchhoff's current law
Kirchoff's voltage law
Common misspelling of Kirchhoff's voltage law
Law
a generic term which can refer to the Divine commandments (primarily the Decalogue), the Old Testament in general or, most specifically, the Torah
Law
A diminutive of Lawrence
Law
A topographic surname, perhaps originally meaning someone who lives near a burial mound
Law
A patronymic surname
Law
a conical hill
Law
the Torah
Law French
The body of now archaic legal terms used in the United Kingdom descended from the Anglo-Norman dialect of Old French
Leibniz's law
Alternative name of identity of indiscernibles
Lenz's law
a law of electromagnetic induction which states that an electromotive force, induced in a conductor, is always in such a direction that the current it would produce would oppose the change which caused it; it is a form of the law of conservation of energy
Metcalfe's law
The law that states that the usefulness of a telecommunications network is proportional to the square of the number of its users
Moore's law
An empirical observation that the density of transistors on a chip doubles every two years (often misquoted as every 18 months.)
Murphy's law
An adage which states that if anything can go wrong, then it will
Newton's first law
The observation that objects in motion tend to stay in motion, and objects at rest tend to stay at rest unless an outside force acts upon them
Newton's second law
Newton's observation that the rate of change of the momentum of a body is directly proportional to, and in the same direction as, the net force acting on it
Newton's third law
Newton's observation that to every action (force applied) there is an equal but opposite reaction (equal force applied in the opposite direction)
Ohm's law
Ohm's observation that the direct current flowing in an electrical circuit consisting only of resistances is directly proportional to the voltage applied
Pascal's law
The law that states that a confined fluid transmits externally applied pressure uniformly in all directions; the basis of hydraulics
Peirce's law
The classically valid but intuitionistically non-valid formula ((P \to Q) \to P) \to P of propositional calculus, which can be used as an substitute for the law of excluded middle in implicational propositional calculus
Salic law
A law or rule that excludes women from the line of succession to a throne or other public office
Snell's law
the law that, for a ray incident on the interface of two media, the sine of the angle of incidence times the index of the refraction of the first medium is equal to the sine of the angle of refraction times the index of refraction of the second medium
Sod's law
the principle that what can go wrong, will go wrong, usually with some observed degree of irony

Its Sod's law that it will rain when going for a picnic.

Sturgeon's law
The humorous remark, attributed to science-fiction author Theodore Sturgeon|Theodore Sturgeon]], that "ninety percent of everything is crap"
above the law
Exempt from the laws that apply to everyone else

You may think you're above the law, but you're not.

admiralty law
: The area of law that deals with ships at sea and the rights of sailors, passengers, and owners of cargo
against the law
Illegal, forbidden by law
as a matter of law
Legally; according to the law
black-letter law
The law as a set of specific concrete rules set down by longstanding precedents
blue law
A law that is intended to enforce moral standards
blue sky law
: In the United States, a law that regulates the offering and sale of securities to protect the public from fraud, requiring the registration of all securities offerings and sales, as well as of stock brokers and brokerage firms
break a law
To violate a law
brother-in-law
A male relative of one's generation, separated by one degree of marriage:
brother-in-law
Co-brother-in-law: A male relative of one's generation, separated by two degrees of marriage:
canon law
A regulation in church law

The canon law on this matter conflicts with several other canon laws.

canon law
The law of the church, religious law

Canon law determines who is declared a saint.

case law
Law or system of laws established based on judicial precedent rather than on statutory laws created by legislation
chemical law
all the laws of nature that are relevant to chemistry
chthonic law
A system of law centered on the sacred character of the cosmos
civil law
The body of law dealing with the private relations between members of a community; it contrasts with criminal law, military law and ecclesiastical law
civil law
Roman law based on the Corpus Juris Civilis; it contrasts with common law
civil-law
Attributive form of civil law

civil-law country.

co-brother-in-law
one's brother-in-law or sister-in-law's brother; that is, one's sibling's spouse's brother (one's sister's husband's brother or one's brother's wife's brother)

in plural The relationship between men whose brother and sister are married to each other.

co-brother-in-law
one's wife's sister's husband; or more generally one's spouse's brother-in-law, the brother of one spouse in relation to the siblings of the other spouse

in plural The relationship between men who marry sisters.

co-father-in-law
the father of one's son- or daughter-in-law; that is, the father-in-law of one's son or daughter, or, the father of one spouse in relation to the parents of the other spouse

in plural The relationship between people whose children marry each other; the father of the bride vis-à-vis the father of the groom.

co-grandfather-in-law
the grandfather of one's grandson- or granddaughter-in-law; that is, the grandfather of one spouse in relation to the grandparents of the other spouse

in plural The relationship between men whose grandchildren marry each other; the grandfather of the bride vis-à-vis the grandfather of the groom.

co-in-law
A distant in-law: A relationship by marriage with a separation by three degrees (two people), compared to prototypical in-laws, where the separation is two/one. The separation may be two degrees of blood kin and one of marriage (addressing the mother of the husband of one's daughter) or one degree blood and two of marriage (addressing the wife of the brother of one's husband)

Depending on context, the term may be understood to mean specifically co-sibling-in-law, or co-parent-in-law.

co-mother-in-law
The mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law; that is, the mother-in-law of one's son or daughter, or, the mother of one spouse in relation to the parents of the other spouse

in plural The relationship between women whose children marry each other; the mother of the bride vis-à-vis the mother of the groom.

co-parents-in-law
the relationship between people whose children marry each other: the parents of the bride vis-à-vis the parents of the groom. Includes the relationship between maternal and paternal grandparents
co-parents-in-law
the parents of one's son- or daughter-in-law, that is, the parents-in-law of one's son or daughter
co-sibling-in-law
one's spouse's sibling's spouse

in plural The relationship between people who marry siblings.

co-sibling-in-law
one's sibling's spouse's sibling

in plural The relationship between people whose siblings marry each other.

co-sister-in-law
one's brother-in-law or sister-in-law's sister; that is, one's sibling's spouse's sister (one's sister's husband's sister or one's brother's wife's sister)

in plural The relationship between women whose brother and sister are married to each other.

co-sister-in-law
one's husband's brother's wife; or more generally one's spouse's sister-in-law, the sister of one spouse in relation to the siblings of the other spouse

in plural The relationship between women who marry brothers.

combined gas law
a combination of Boyle's law and Charles's law which states that the product of the volume and pressure of an ideal gas divided by its temperature is constant
common law
one of two legal systems in England and in the United States before 1938 (the other being "equity")
common law
Law developed by judges through decisions of courts and similar tribunals (also called case law), as distinguished from legislative statutes or regulations promulgated by the executive branch
common law
typically in the phrase "common law system" -- a legal system that gives great precedential weight to common law (in sense 1), as opposed to a civil law, Islamic law, and Soviet law systems
common law
typically in the phrase "common law jurisdiction" -- a jurisdiction that uses a common law system (in sense 2), United Kingdom and most of its former colonies and possessions, including the United States
common-law
Relating to common-law marriage
common-law
Of or pertaining to common law
common-law marriage
A marriage based on the duration of cohabitation rather than formal ceremony
conservation law
Any of several laws that hold that some physical property remains constant in a closed system regardless of other changes that take place
conservation-law
Attributive form of conservation law, noun
constitutional law
The area of law which deals with the interpretation and application of a constitution, particularly that of a national government
constitutional-law
Attributive form of constitutional law

constitutional-law professor.

court of law
A court which was empowered to decide questions of law and award monetary damages, but could not provide equitable relief, which was reserved for a court of equity
court of law
A court presided over by a judge which is empowered to decide all aspects of legal disputes
courts of law
plural form of court of law
cousin-in-law
Brother of one's cousin's husband
cousin-in-law
Sister of one's cousin's husband
cousin-in-law
Cousin of one's husband
cousin-in-law
Cousin of one's wife
cousin-in-law
Wife of one's cousin
cousin-in-law
Husband of the cousin of one's wife
cousin-in-law
Wife of the cousin of one's husband
cousin-in-law
Wife of the cousin of one's wife
cousin-in-law
Husband of the cousin of one's husband
cousin-in-law
Husband of one's cousin
criminal law
The area of law pertaining to crime and punishment
criminal-law
Attributive form of criminal law

criminal-law professor.

divine law
Divine law is any law (or rule) that in the opinion of believers, comes directly from the will of God (or a god)
due process of law
due process
father-in-law
One's spouse's father
feudal law
A feudal law
feudal law
The legislation governing feudal matters, such as the procedures, (mutual) rights and duties concerning fiefs, feudal lords and their enfeoffed vassals
grandfather-in-law
A grandfather of one's spouse
grandmother-in-law
A grandmother of one's spouse
half brother-in-law
The husband of one's half-sister
half brother-in-law
The husband of the half-sister of one's spouse
half brother-in-law
The half brother of one's spouse
half sister-in-law
The wife of one's half-brother
half sister-in-law
The wife of the half-brother of one's spouse
half sister-in-law
The half sister of one's spouse
husband-in-law
A husband who provides legally required support, but not love or affection
husband-in-law
Another husband of one's wife. Typically used in cases of divorce and subsequent remarriage
husband-in-law
A husband in law only, such as one who has abandoned his wife
ideal gas law
the equation of state of an ideal gas - PV = nRT
in-law
Sometimes specifically a parent-in-law of one's child, for which the dedicated terms co-mother-in-law, co-father-in-law are rare
in-law
A relative by marriage (or through affinity). Affinal relative; affine
international law
Law which addresses the question of which legal jurisdiction cases may be heard in
international law
Law covering situations where the laws of nation states are held inapplicable when conflicting with a supranational legal system
international law
Law which involves, for instance, the United Nations, maritime law, international criminal law and the Geneva Convention
international law
The term commonly used for referring to the system of implicit and explicit agreements that bind together nations
inverse-square law
any physical law, such as that of gravitation, in which a quantity varies inversely with distance from a source as the square of that distance
law
A written or understood rule that concerns behaviours and the appropriate consequences thereof. Laws are usually associated with mores

Do unto others as you wish them to do unto you is a good law to follow.

law
A one-sided contract
law
A particular such rule

A new law forbids driving on that road.

law
A category of English "common law" petitions that request monetary relief, as opposed to relief in forms other than a monetary judgment; compare to "equity"
law
A well-established, observed physical characteristic or behavior of nature

Newton and Einstein understood the law of gravitation in very different ways.

law
a hill

You might climb the Law and behold the face of many counties. (Robert Louis Stevenson Across the Plains, 1892).

law
The body of rules and standards issued by a government, or to be applied by courts and similar authorities

By law, one is not allowed to own a wallaby in New York City.

law
One of the official rules of cricket as codified by the MCC
law
a tumulus of stones
law
The police

Here comes the law — run!.

law
A statement that is true under specified conditions
law Latin
Barbarous Latin. (1811 Dictionary of Vulgar Tongue)
law and order
The principles under which the world and its components operate
law and order
The enforcement of law, statutes, and social conventions
law clerk
a clerk who assists a judge with legal proceedings. Depending on the court, such positions may be professional careers or may be temporary positions for graduating law students
law enforcement
The various government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
law of Hobson-Jobson
The rule that words or phrases borrowed between languages will be modified in their pronunciation as necessary to conform to the set of sounds used by the borrowing language

Tommy-axe. A corruption of tomahawk: an instance of the law of Hobson-Jobson (q.v.).

law of averages
The statistical tendency toward a fixed proportion in the results when an experiment is repeated a large number of times; the law of large numbers

It is upon the ideas of 'repeated experimentation' and the law of averages that many of our notions of chance are founded.

law of averages
An imaginary or perceived "law" of probabilities which is wrongly used to predict results in the short-term

This coin has landed on heads ten times, so by the law of averages it must land on tails next time.

law of conservation of energy
The law stating that the total amount of energy in any isolated system remains constant, and cannot be created or destroyed, although it may change forms
law of diminishing marginal utility
In economics, the theory there is a general decrease in the utility of a product, as more units of it are consumed
law of diminishing returns
The tendency for a continuing effort toward a particular goal to decline in effectiveness after a certain amount of success has been achieved
law of diminishing returns
A relationship between input and output, such that adding units of any one input (labour, capital etc.) to fixed amounts of the others will yield successively smaller increments of output
law of double negation
The statement that the negation of the negation of A implies A, for any proposition A. Stated symbolically: \neg \neg A \to A
law of excluded middle
An axiom of classical logic which states that, given a proposition P, either P is true or P is false, i.e. in symbols: P \vee \neg P . This law is rejected by intuitionistic logic
law of large numbers
The statistical tendency toward a fixed ratio in the results when an experiment is repeated a large number of times; law of averages
law of the excluded middle
Alternative form of law of excluded middle
law of the jungle
The survival of the fittest, strongest or most cunning
law of the tongue
An implicit agreement between whalers of Eden, Australia, and local orcas, in which the orcas would invite whalers on a whale hunt, in exchange for dibs on the catch, primarily the whale's tongue
law of the tongue
Appropriate control of one's words
law of unintended consequences
That every act has unintended consequences
law review
: The student organization responsible for publishing such a scholarly journal

Students compete in various ways to be able to join the law review.

law review
: A scholarly journal focusing on legal issues, normally published by an organization of students at a law school or through a bar association
law review
: An article published in such a journal

Joe has an excellent publication record - he has two books, a law review, and a regular magazine article under his belt.

law reviews
plural form of law review
law school
a post-graduate academic program in which students are prepared for the practice of law
law school
a building which houses such an academic program
law schools
plural form of law school
law student
a student who studies the law. Someone enrolled in a school for legal education
law-abiding
Describing one who obeys laws. Not a lawbreaker

The law-abiding citizens have nothing to fear from government surveillance...unless the government begins to break the law.

lay down the law
To authoritatively or dogmatically assert what is permitted or not permitted
lay down the law
To promulgate law
lay down the law
To present the law that applies to a given case
lemon law
A law dealing with defective items, especially automobiles, and consumers' rights

You should consult the applicable lemon laws and see if you have grounds for a return or replacement.

letter of the law
The strict interpretation of the law or rules
long arm of the law
The influence or effectiveness of law enforcement institutions; law enforcement officers collectively

Repeat violent offenders will hopscotch over state lines to avoid the long arm of the law, said Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley.

ma-in-law
mother-in-law
maritime law
The body of law concerning international trade on the high seas
martial law
Rules by military authorities, especially when imposed on a civilian population in time of war or other crisis, or in an occupied territory
mother-in-law
One’s spouse’s mother
mother-in-law
A mother-in-law apartment
mother-in-law apartment
A small apartment attached to or carved out of a nominally single-family house, ostensibly intended for occupancy by a mother-in-law or other relative, but potentially also rented out to a stranger
mother-in-law style
Linguistic or anthropological term for the style of speech and manners which are to be observed between an Australian aboriginal man and his mother-in-law (ie. wife's mother). Depending on the particular people this can go so as far as an entirely separate vocabulary of words. (Reference: Macquarie Aboriginal Words, Macquarie University, 1994, paperback ISBN 0-949757-79-9, introduction.)
natural law
An ethical theory that posits the existence of a law whose content is set by nature and that therefore has validity everywhere
nephew-in-law
Rare. wife of someone's nephew. (Usually called a nephew)
nephew-in-law
Son-in-law of someone's brother-in-law
nephew-in-law
Son-in-law of someone's sister-in-law
nephew-in-law
Son-in-law of someone's brother. (fraternal nephew-in-law)
niece-in-law
Daughter-in-law of someone's brother-in-law
niece-in-law
Daughter-in-law of someone's sister-in-law
niece-in-law
Niece of someone's wife. (Usually called a niece.)
niece-in-law
Niece of someone's husband. (Usually called a niece.)
niece-in-law
Daughter-in-law of someone's sister
niece-in-law
Daughter-in-law of someone's brother
one's word is law
Requests or orders of (a person) should definitely be fulfilled
operation of law
An application of a legal rule that automatically brings about a legal consequence
organic law
A law or system of laws which forms the foundation of a government, corporation or other organization's body of rules. A constitution is a particular form of organic law for a sovereign state
parent-in-law
A mother-in-law or father-in-law
periodic law
The principle that chemical properties of the elements are periodic functions of their atomic numbers
physical law
A universal statement about both nature and society, based on empirical observations of physical behavior, tested using scientific method
positive law
Law explicitly made, as compared to natural law, prescribed by express enactment or institution

a. 1862, John Codman Hurd, The Law Of Freedom And Bondage In The United States‎, page 576:But the same term, positive law, is also very often used to designate statute law or positive legislation, as distinguished from customary or unwritten law derived by the judicial application of natural reason.

possession is nine points of the law
Alternative form of possession is nine-tenths of the law
possession is nine-tenths of the law
One who has possession of a thing has some right to it; a popular statement of the doctrine of adverse possession
power law
Any of many mathematical relationships in which something is related to something else by an equation of the form f(x) = a.xk
private law
A category of law governing the relationship among persons (citizens or legal persons including corporations), as opposed to relations between the state and persons. Major subdivisions of private law include (depending on whether the jurisdiction belongs to the civil law, common law, or other legal tradition) torts and contracts or the law of obligations as well as property law, family law, commercial law, and the law of succession (probate and estates). It encompasses most areas of law considered civil law (i.e., non-criminal law), such as those governed by a civil code (in a civil-law or continental-traditional legal system)
procedural law
The law that comprises the rule by which a court hears and determines what happens in civil or criminal proceedings
property law
The formal course in property law required of most first-year law school students in common-law systems
property law
the area of law concerned with the ownership and conveyance of property rights and title
public law
A category of law governing the relationship between the state on one hand and persons (citizens or legal persons including corporations) on the other. Constitutional law, administrative law and criminal law are some of the major subdivisions of public law
public-law
Attributive form of public law

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red letter law
A law that is a large scale attempt by a government to regulate business in the interest of society at large
retroactive law
any law that makes a prior legal act illegal, or increases the penalty for a prior illegal act
rule of law
the doctrine that no individual is above the law and that everyone must answer to it
sign into law
To sign legislation as a mark of official approval
sister-in-law
Co-sister-in-law: The wife of one's sibling-in-law
sister-in-law
A female relative of one's generation, separated by one degree of marriage:
son-in-law egg
A boiled egg that has been shelled and then deep-fried
son-in-law eggs
plural form of son-in-law egg
spirit of the law
The interpretation of the law towards the end of providing justice, even if this interpretation does not fall within the law as written
statute law
Any law enacted by a legislative body
stepfather-in-law
A stepfather of one's spouse
substantive law
The statutory or written law that governs rights and obligations of those who are subject to it
sunshine law
A law (rule enacted by a legislature or the like) that allows the general public greater knowledge of the actions of a government
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