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- Law - n. - In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling regulation; the mode or order according to which an agent or a power acts.
- Law - n. - In morals: The will of God as the rule for the disposition and conduct of all responsible beings toward him and toward each other; a rule of living, conformable to righteousness; the rule of action as obligatory on the conscience or moral nature.
- Law - n. - The Jewish or Mosaic code, and that part of Scripture where it is written, in distinction from the gospel; hence, also, the Old Testament.
- Law - n. - An organic rule, as a constitution or charter, establishing and defining the conditions of the existence of a state or other organized community.
- Law - n. - Any edict, decree, order, ordinance, statute, resolution, judicial, decision, usage, etc., or recognized, and enforced, by the controlling authority.
- Law - n. - In philosophy and physics: A rule of being, operation, or change, so certain and constant that it is conceived of as imposed by the will of God or by some controlling authority; as, the law of gravitation; the laws of motion; the law heredity; the laws of thought; the laws of cause and effect; law of self-preservation.
- Law - n. - In matematics: The rule according to which anything, as the change of value of a variable, or the value of the terms of a series, proceeds; mode or order of sequence.
- Law - n. - In arts, works, games, etc.: The rules of construction, or of procedure, conforming to the conditions of success; a principle, maxim; or usage; as, the laws of poetry, of architecture, of courtesy, or of whist.
- Law - n. - Collectively, the whole body of rules relating to one subject, or emanating from one source; -- including usually the writings pertaining to them, and judicial proceedings under them; as, divine law; English law; Roman law; the law of real property; insurance law.
- Law - n. - Legal science; jurisprudence; the principles of equity; applied justice.
- Law - n. - Trial by the laws of the land; judicial remedy; litigation; as, to go law.
- Law - n. - An oath, as in the presence of a court.
- Law - v. t. - Same as Lawe, v. t.
- Law - interj. - An exclamation of mild surprise.
- Law-abiding - a. - Abiding the law; waiting for the operation of law for the enforcement of rights; also, abiding by the law; obedient to the law; as, law-abiding people.
- Law-fall - n. - Depression of the jaw; hence, depression of spirits.
- Lawbreaker - n. - One who disobeys the law; a criminal.
- Lawe - v. t. - To cut off the claws and balls of, as of a dog's fore feet.
- Lawer - n. - A lawyer.
- Lawful - a. - Conformable to law; allowed by law; legitimate; competent.
- Lawful - a. - Constituted or authorized by law; rightful; as, the lawful owner of lands.
- Lawgiver - n. - One who makes or enacts a law or system of laws; a legislator.
- Lawgiving - a. - Enacting laws; legislative.
- Lawing - n. - Going to law; litigation.
- Lawing - n. - Expeditation.
- Plead - v. t. - To allege or adduce in proof, support, or vendication; to offer in excuse; as, the law of nations may be pleaded in favor of the rights of ambassadors.
- Insurrection - n. - A rising against civil or political authority, or the established government; open and active opposition to the execution of law in a city or state.
- Lawgiver - n. - One who makes or enacts a law or system of laws; a legislator.
- Inherit - v. t. - To take by descent from an ancestor; to take by inheritance; to take as heir on the death of an ancestor or other person to whose estate one succeeds; to receive as a right or title descendible by law from an ancestor at his decease; as, the heir inherits the land or real estate of his father; the eldest son of a nobleman inherits his father's title; the eldest son of a king inherits the crown.
- Antinomy - n. - An opposing law or rule of any kind.
- Issue - n. - In pleading, a single material point of law or fact depending in the suit, which, being affirmed on the one side and denied on the other, is presented for determination. See General issue, under General, and Feigned issue, under Feigned.
- Termer - n. - One who resorted to London during the law term only, in order to practice tricks, to carry on intrigues, or the like.
- Tyranny - n. - The government or authority of a tyrant; a country governed by an absolute ruler; hence, arbitrary or despotic exercise of power; exercise of power over subjects and others with a rigor not authorized by law or justice, or not requisite for the purposes of government.
- Rigor - n. - Exactness without allowance, deviation, or indulgence; strictness; as, the rigor of criticism; to execute a law with rigor; to enforce moral duties with rigor; -- opposed to lenity.
- Commendam - n. - A vacant living or benefice commended to a cleric (usually a bishop) who enjoyed the revenue until a pastor was provided. A living so held was said to be held in commendam. The practice was abolished by law in 1836.
- Fornication - n. - Unlawful sexual intercourse on the part of an unmarried person; the act of such illicit sexual intercourse between a man and a woman as does not by law amount to adultery.
- Substantive - a. - Pertaining to, or constituting, the essential part or principles; as, the law substantive.
- Reenactment - n. - The enacting or passing of a law a second time; the renewal of a law.
- King's Bench - - Formerly, the highest court of common law in England; -- so called because the king used to sit there in person. It consisted of a chief justice and four puisne, or junior, justices. During the reign of a queen it was called the Queen's Bench. Its jurisdiction was transferred by the judicature acts of 1873 and 1875 to the high court of justice created by that legislation.
- Tyrant - n. - Specifically, a monarch, or other ruler or master, who uses power to oppress his subjects; a person who exercises unlawful authority, or lawful authority in an unlawful manner; one who by taxation, injustice, or cruel punishment, or the demand of unreasonable services, imposes burdens and hardships on those under his control, which law and humanity do not authorize, or which the purposes of government do not require; a cruel master; an oppressor.
- Lawmonger - n. - A trader in law; one who practices law as if it were a trade.
- Antinomian - n. - One who maintains that, under the gospel dispensation, the moral law is of no use or obligation, but that faith alone is necessary to salvation. The sect of Antinomians originated with John Agricola, in Germany, about the year 1535.
- Acidimetry - n. - The measurement of the strength of acids, especially by a chemical process based on the law of chemical combinations, or the fact that, to produce a complete reaction, a certain definite weight of reagent is required.
- Sue - v. t. - To seek justice or right from, by legal process; to institute process in law against; to bring an action against; to prosecute judicially.
- Series - n. - An indefinite number of terms succeeding one another, each of which is derived from one or more of the preceding by a fixed law, called the law of the series; as, an arithmetical series; a geometrical series.
- Cover - v. t. - To extend over; to be sufficient for; to comprehend, include, or embrace; to account for or solve; to counterbalance; as, a mortgage which fully covers a sum loaned on it; a law which covers all possible cases of a crime; receipts than do not cover expenses.
- Violation - n. - Infringement; transgression; nonobservance; as, the violation of law or positive command, of covenants, promises, etc.
- Demurrer - n. - A stop or pause by a party to an action, for the judgment of the court on the question, whether, assuming the truth of the matter alleged by the opposite party, it is sufficient in law to sustain the action or defense, and hence whether the party resting is bound to answer or proceed further.
- Code - n. - A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.
- Contraband - a. - Prohibited or excluded by law or treaty; forbidden; as, contraband goods, or trade.
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- G459 ἄνομος - 459 ἄνομος - ἌΝΟΜΟΣ - - ánomos - an'-om-os - from Α (as a negative particle) and νόμος; lawless, i.e. (negatively) not subject to (the Jewish) law; (by implication, a Gentile), or (positively) wicked:--without law, lawless, transgressor, unlawful, wicked. - Adjective - greek
- G113 ἄθεσμος - 113 ἄθεσμος - ἌΘΕΣΜΟΣ - - áthesmos - ath'-es-mos - from Α (as a negative particle) and a derivative of τίθημι (in the sense of enacting); lawless, i.e. (by implication) criminal:--wicked. - Adjective - greek
- G2192 ἔχω - 2192 ἔχω - ἜΧΩ - - échō - skheh'-o - a primary verb; to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or condition):--be (able, X hold, possessed with), accompany, + begin to amend, can(+ -not), X conceive, count, diseased, do + eat, + enjoy, + fear, following, have, hold, keep, + lack, + go to law, lie, + must needs, + of necessity, + need, next, + recover, + reign, + rest, + return, X sick, take for, + tremble, + uncircumcised, use. - Verb - greek
- G1772 ἔννομος - 1772 ἔννομος - ἜΝΝΟΜΟΣ - - énnomos - en'-nom-os - from ἐν and νόμος; (subjectively) legal, or (objectively) subject to:--lawful, under law. - Adjective - greek
- G1485 ἔθος - 1485 ἔθος - ἜΘΟΣ - - éthos - eth'-os - from ἔθω; a usage (prescribed by habit or law):--custom, manner, be wont. - Noun Neuter - greek
- G1832 ἔξεστι - 1832 ἔξεστι - ἜΞΕΣΤΙ - - éxesti - ex-on' - third person singular present indicative of a compound of ἐκ and εἰμί; so also neuter present participle of the same (with or without some form of εἰμί expressed); impersonally, it is right (through the figurative idea of being out in public):--be lawful, let, X may(-est). - Verb - greek
- H2953 טְפַר - 2953 טְפַר - טְפַר - - ṭᵉphar - tef-ar' - (Aramaic) from a root corresponding to צָפַר, and meaning the same as צִפֹּרֶן; a finger-nail; also a hoof or claw; nail. - Noun Masculine - arc
- H799 אֶשְׁדָּת - 799 אֶשְׁדָּת - אֶשְׁדָּת - - ʼeshdâth - esh-dawth' - from אֵשׁ and דָּת; a fire-law; fiery law. - Noun Feminine - heb
- G458 ἀνομία - 458 ἀνομία - ἈΝΟΜΊΑ - - anomía - an-om-ee'-ah - from ἄνομος; illegality, i.e. violation of law or (genitive case) wickedness:--iniquity, X transgress(-ion of) the law, unrighteousness. - Noun Feminine - greek
- G460 ἀνόμως - 460 ἀνόμως - ἈΝΌΜΩΣ - - anómōs - an-om'-oce - adverb from ἄνομος; lawlessly, i.e. (specially) not amenable to (the Jewish) law:--without law. - Adverb - greek
- G476 ἀντίδικος - 476 ἀντίδικος - ἈΝΤΊΔΙΚΟΣ - - antídikos - an-tid'-ee-kos - from ἀντί and δίκη; an opponent (in a lawsuit); specially, Satan (as the arch-enemy):--adversary. - Noun Masculine - greek
- G111 ἀθέμιτος - 111 ἀθέμιτος - ἈΘΈΜΙΤΟΣ - - athémitos - ath-em'-ee-tos - from Α (as a negative particle) and a derivative of (statute; from the base of τίθημι); illegal; by implication, flagitious:--abominable, unlawful thing. - Adjective - greek
- G1033 βρῶμα - 1033 βρῶμα - ΒΡῶΜΑ - - brōma - bro'-mah - from the base of βιβρώσκω; food (literally or figuratively), especially (ceremonially) articles allowed or forbidden by the Jewish law:--meat, victuals. - Noun Neuter - greek
- H2524 חָם - 2524 חָם - חָם - - châm - khawm - from the same as חוֹמָה; a father-in-law (as in affinity); father in law. - Noun Masculine - heb
- H2545 חֲמוֹת - 2545 חֲמוֹת - חֲמוֹת - - chămôwth - kham-oth' - or (shortened) חֲמֹת; feminine of חָם; a mother-in-law; mother in law. - Noun Feminine - heb
- H2537 חֲמוּטַל - 2537 חֲמוּטַל - חֲמוּטַל - - Chămûwṭal - kham-oo-tal' - or חֲמִיטַל; from חָם and טַל; father-in-law of dew; Chamutal or Chamital, an Israelitess; Hamutal. - Proper Name Feminine - x-pn
- H2710 חָקַק - 2710 חָקַק - חָקַק - - châqaq - khaw-kak' - a primitive root; properly, to hack, i.e. engrave (Judges 5:14, to be a scribe simply); by implication, to enact (laws being cut in stone or metal tablets in primitive times) or (gen.) prescribe; appoint, decree, governor, grave, lawgiver, note, pourtray, print, set. - Verb - heb
- H2859 חָתַן - 2859 חָתַן - חָתַן - - châthan - khaw-than' - a primitive root; to give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriage; join in affinity, father in law, make marriages, mother in law, son in law. - Verb - heb
- H2860 חָתָן - 2860 חָתָן - חָתָן - - châthân - khaw-thawn' - from חָתַן; a relative by marriage (especially through the bride); figuratively, a circumcised child (as a species of religious espousal); bridegroom, husband, son in law. - Noun Masculine - heb
- H2246 חֹבָב - 2246 חֹבָב - חֹבָב - - Chôbâb - kho-bawb' - from חָבַב; cherished; Chobab, father-in-law of Moses; Hobab. - Proper Name Masculine - x-pn
- H2706 חֹק - 2706 חֹק - חֹק - - chôq - khoke - from חָקַק; an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage); appointed, bound, commandment, convenient, custom, decree(-d), due, law, measure, [idiom] necessary, ordinance(-nary), portion, set time, statute, task. - Noun Masculine - heb
- H1881 דָּת - 1881 דָּת - דָּת - - dâth - dawth - of uncertain (perhaps foreign) derivation; a royal edict or statute; commandment, commission, decree, law, manner. - Noun Feminine - heb
- H1882 דָּת - 1882 דָּת - דָּת - - dâth - dawth - (Aramaic) corresponding to דָּת; {a royal edict or statute}; decree, law. - Noun Feminine - arc
- G1378 δόγμα - 1378 δόγμα - ΔΌΓΜΑ - - dógma - dog'-mah - from the base of δοκέω; a law (civil, ceremonial or ecclesiastical):--decree, ordinance. - Noun Neuter - greek
- H1884 דְּתָבָר - 1884 דְּתָבָר - דְּתָבָר - - dᵉthâbâr - deth-aw-bawr' - (Aramaic) of Persian origin; meaning one skilled in law; a judge; counsellor. - Noun Masculine - arc
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- Galatians 48 4:24 - Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith
ΝΥΝ ΔΕ ΓΝΟΝΤΕς ΨΕΟΝ ΜΑΛΛΟΝ ΔΕ ΓΝΩΣΨΕΝΤΕς ΥΠΟ ΨΕΟΥ ΠΩς ΕΠΙΣΤΡΕΦΕΤΕ ΠΑΛΙΝ ΕΠΙ ΤΑ ΑΣΨΕΝΗ ΚΑΙ ΠΤΩΧΑ ΣΤΟΙΧΕΙΑ ΟΙς ΠΑΛΙΝ ΑΝΩΨΕΝ ΔΟΥΛΕΥΣΑΙ ΨΕΛΕΤΕ - 1 Timothy 54 1:8 - But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully ;
ΟΙΔΑΜΕΝ ΔΕ ΟΤΙ ΚΑΛΟς Ο ΝΟΜΟς ΕΑΝ ΤΙς ΑΥΤΩ ΝΟΜΙΜΩς ΧΡΗΤΑΙ - Hebrews 58 10:8 - Above when he said , Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law ;
ΑΝΩΤΕΡΟΝ ΛΕΓΩΝ ΟΤΙ ΨΥΣΙΑς ΚΑΙ ΠΡΟΣΦΟΡΑς ΚΑΙ ΟΛΟΚΑΥΤΩΜΑΤΑ ΚΑΙ ΠΕΡΙ ΑΜΑΡΤΙΑς ΟΥΚ ΗΨΕΛΗΣΑς ΟΥΔΕ ΕΥΔΟΚΗΣΑς ΑΙΤΙΝΕς ΚΑΤΑ ΝΟΜΟΝ ΠΡΟΣΦΕΡΟΝΤΑΙ - Hebrews 58 7:19 - For the law made nothing perfect , but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
ΟΥΔΕΝ ΓΑΡ ΕΤΕΛΕΙΩΣΕΝ Ο ΝΟΜΟς ΕΠΕΙΣΑΓΩΓΗ ΔΕ ΚΡΕΙΤΤΟΝΟς ΕΛΠΙΔΟς ΔΙ Ης ΕΓΓΙΖΟΜΕΝ ΤΩ ΨΕΩ - Ruth 8 1:7 - Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah.
ותצא מנ־המקום אשׁר היתה־שׁמה ושׁתי כלתיה עמה ותלכנה בדרך לשׁוב אל־ארץ יהודה
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- John 43 7:49 But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.
ἈΛΛΆ ΟὟΤΟΣ ὌΧΛΟΣ Ὁ ΓΙΝΏΣΚΩ ΜΉ ΝΌΜΟΣ ΕἸΣΊ ἘΠΙΚΑΤΆΡΑΤΟΣ - Lamentations 25 2:9 Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the LORD.
שַׁעַר טָבַע אֶרֶץ אָבַד שָׁבַר בְּרִיחַ מֶלֶךְ שַׂר גּוֹי תּוֹרָה נָבִיא מָצָא חָזוֹן יְהֹוָה - Matthew 40 11:13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
ΓΆΡ ΠᾶΣ ΠΡΟΦΉΤΗΣ ΚΑΊ ΝΌΜΟΣ ΠΡΟΦΗΤΕΎΩ ἝΩΣ ἸΩΆΝΝΗΣ - Deuteronomy 5 30:10 If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
שָׁמַע קוֹל יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהִים שָׁמַר מִצְוָה חֻקָּה כָּתַב סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה שׁוּב יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהִים לֵבָב נֶפֶשׁ - Romans 45 9:32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
ΔΙΑΤΊ ὍΤΙ Οὐ ἘΚ ΠΊΣΤΙΣ ἈΛΛΆ ὩΣ ἘΚ ἜΡΓΟΝ ΝΌΜΟΣ ΓΆΡ ΠΡΟΣΚΌΠΤΩ ΠΡΌΣΚΟΜΜΑ ΛΊΘΟΣ