(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.
(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.
(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.
(n.) An organic rule, as a constitution or charter, establishing and defining the conditions of the existence of a state or other organized community.
(n.) Any edict, decree, order, ordinance, statute, resolution, judicial, decision, usage, etc., or recognized, and enforced, by the controlling authority.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(n.) Legal science; jurisprudence; the principles of equity; applied justice.
(n.) Trial by the laws of the land; judicial remedy; litigation; as, to go law.
(n.) An oath, as in the presence of a court.
(v. t.) Same as Lawe, v. t.
(interj.) An exclamation of mild surprise.
Example Sentences:
(1) Villagers, including one man who has been left disabled and the relatives of six men who were killed, are suing ABG in the UK high court, represented by British law firm Leigh Day, alleging that Tanzanian police officers shot unarmed locals.
(2) Biden will meet with representatives from six gun groups on Thursday, including the NRA and the Independent Firearms Owners Association, which are both publicly opposed to stricter gun-control laws.
(3) The inquiry found the law enforcement agencies routinely fail to record the professions of those whose communications data records they access under Ripa.
(4) A statement from the company said it had assigned all its assets for the benefit of creditors, in accordance with Massachusetts' law.
(5) Anytime they feel parts of the Basic Law are not up to their current standards of political correctness, they will change it and tell Hong Kong courts to obey.
(6) He voiced support for refugees, trade unions, council housing, peace, international law and human rights.
(7) This exploratory survey of 100 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was conducted (1) to learn about the types and frequencies of disability law-related problems encountered as a result of having RA, and (2) to assess the respective relationships between the number of disability law-related problems reported and the patients' sociodemographic and RA disease characteristics.
(8) If there is a will to use primary Care centres for effective preventive action in the population as a whole, motivation of the professionals involved and organisational changes will be necessary so as not to perpetuate the law of inverse care.
(9) "The proposed 'reform' is designed to legitimise this blatantly unfair, police state practice, while leaving the rest of the criminal procedure law as misleading decoration," said Professor Jerome Cohen, an expert on China at New York University's School of Law.
(10) The discussion on topics like post-schooling and rehabilitation of motorists has intensified the contacts between advocates of traffic law and traffic psychologists in the last years.
(11) If Bennett were sentenced today under the new law, he likely would not receive a life sentence.
(12) There is precedent in Islamic law for saving the life of the mother where there is a clear choice of allowing either the fetus or the mother to survive.
(13) "We do not yet live in a society where the police or any other officers of the law are entitled to detain people without reasonable justification and demand their papers," Gardiner wrote.
(14) Their efforts will include blocking the NSA from undermining encryption and barring other law enforcement agencies from collecting US data in bulk.
(15) The law would let people find out if partners had a history of domestic violence but is likely to face objections from civil liberties groups.
(16) Four Dutch activists were charged in Murmansk this week under the law.
(17) The matter is now in the hands of the Guernsey police and the law officers.” One resident who is a constant target of the paper and has complained to police, Rosie Guille, said the allegations had a “huge impact on morale” on the island.
(18) Such a science puts men in a couple of scientific laws and suppresses the moment of active doing (accepting or refusing) as a sufficient preassumption of reality.
(19) I have heard from other workers that the list has also been provided to the law enforcement authorities,” Gain says.
(20) "Law is all I've ever wanted to do, but it's so competitive.
Trier
Definition:
(n.) One who tries; one who makes experiments; one who examines anything by a test or standard.
(n.) One who tries judicially.
(n.) A person appointed according to law to try challenges of jurors; a trior.
(n.) That which tries or approves; a test.
Example Sentences:
(1) Von Trier, who took a " vow of silence " after being banned from the Cannes film festival in 2011 after joking about Nazism during a press conference for Melancholia, arrived at Nymphomaniac's photocall wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the phrase "Persona Non Grata"; true to his word, he failed to attend the subsequent press conference where his actors and producer talked about the film.
(2) Speaking at a press conference following the preview of his latest film, Melancholia, von Trier expressed sympathy for Hitler, remarked that Israel was "a pain in the arse" and jokingly confessed to being a Nazi .
(3) But in terms of quality, controversy, debate and infinite variety, this has indeed been a vintage Cannes and of all the ones to miss, Lars von Trier picked the wrong one.
(4) The Hollywood actor Shia LaBeouf has been performing a series of bold and strange public performances in recent weeks, from hiring a skywriter to apologise to a writer he plagiarised to wearing a paper bag on his head to the premiere of Nymphomaniac , the Lars Von Trier film he stars in.
(5) This is first because such undisclosed triers might be more accurate in their self-reports when questioned a second time, but also because this group would contribute disproportionately to those trying smoking in the follow-up period.
(6) Triers versus never-triers differed on their reported images of smokers, and several psychosocial characteristics predicted trying a cigarette and intentions to smoke for boys.
(7) What Brecht felt, and what directors like Stanley or Lars von Trier are saying, is that it's not about becoming attached to the characters or imagining that it's really happening to you.
(8) The cinema version of Lars Von Trier's new film Nymphomaniac may be a draining four hours long, and split into two halves for its release, but the full uncut film extends to a truly marathon five and a half hours.
(9) The standard score means of users, triers, and nonusers differed significantly on six of seven PRECEDE model components: attitudes, beliefs, values, perceptions, reinforcing factors, and enabling factors.
(10) In any case, Von Trier himself is apparently siding with Melancholia's sternest critics.
(11) The extended edition of Lars von Trier's controversial new film Nymphomaniac was unveiled at the Berlin film festival, accompanied by the kind of press-baiting shenanigans that equalled, if not topped, those that followed the debut of Von Trier's last film, Melancholia.
(12) Von Trier, after all, has shown a peculiar genius for winding up his audience for the best part of 20 years.
(13) Inside, there is still no trace of Von Trier himself.
(14) I threw up during the first half of [Lars von Trier’s] Melancholia.
(15) On the test trial, when saline instead of epinephrine was injected, the Trier group found a conditional enhancement of NKCA.
(16) In Von Trier's latest film, British actor Stacy Martin makes her screen debut in the role of the younger Joe.
(17) It is possible that today's conflagrations mark the end of von Trier's relationship with a festival that hitherto regarded him with a fond indulgence.
(18) First we had Lars von Trier, the smirking Mephistopheles of world cinema, who made a film about the end of the world, sprung some ill-judged gags at the press conference and was promptly banished by Cannes' directors.
(19) Von Trier's comments, the directors decided, were "unacceptable, intolerable and contrary to [Cannes'] ideals of humanity and generosity".
(20) Shia LaBeouf (@thecampaignbook) I AM NOT FAMOUS ANYMORE January 13, 2014 The film they were successfully calling attention to promises to be Von Trier's most controversial yet.