archaic laws

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• archaic — [[t]ɑː(r)ke͟ɪɪk[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Archaic means extremely old or extremely old fashioned. ...archaic laws that are very seldom used... Archaic practices such as these are usually put forward by people of limited outlook. ...archaic… …   English dictionary

• archaic — ar|cha|ic [ ar keıık ] adjective 1. ) old and no longer used: archaic language a ) used about something that is very old fashioned and needs to be changed: archaic laws that forbid the sale of liquor on Sunday 2. ) relating to ancient times …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• archaic — UK [ɑː(r)ˈkeɪɪk] / US [ɑrˈkeɪɪk] adjective 1) a) old and no longer used archaic language b) used about something that is very old fashioned and needs to be changed Britain s archaic licensing laws 2) relating to ancient times …   English dictionary

• Wiccan Laws — The Wiccan Laws, also called the Craft Laws, the Old Laws, the Ardanes (or Ordains) or simply The Laws are the traditional laws of Wicca from the Book of Shadows. The text of the Book of Shadows was theoretically passed down from generation to… …   Wikipedia

• The Brehon Laws —     The Brehon Laws     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Brehon Laws     Brehon law is the usual term for Irish native law, as administered in Ireland down to almost the middle of the seventeenth century, and in fact amongst the native Irish until… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• The Laws of Candy — is a Jacobean stage play, a tragicomedy that is significant principally because of the question of its authorship.DateThe play received its initial publication in the first Beaumont and Fletcher folio of 1647. Scholars judge it to have been… …   Wikipedia

• Brehon laws — ▪ ancient Irish laws Gaelic  Feinechus        ancient laws of Ireland. The text of these laws, written in the most archaic form of the Gaelic language, dates back to the 7th and 8th centuries and is so difficult to translate that the official… …   Universalium

• Written laws — Write Write, v. t. [imp. {Wrote}; p. p. {Written}; Archaic imp. & p. p. {Writ}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Writing}.] [OE. writen, AS. wr[=i]tan; originally, to scratch, to score; akin to OS. wr[=i]tan to write, to tear, to wound, D. rijten to tear, to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …   Universalium

• Malaysia Law Reform Committee — The Malaysia Law Reform Committee is a body that was set up in Malaysia in 2009 to consider whether the law needed reform. Purpose The Malaysia Law Reform Committee was set up in December 2009. Its primary purpose was to re study all the laws for …   Wikipedia

• Madhu Kishwar — Madhu Purnima Kishwar ( formerly known as Madhu Kishwar ): Senior Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), based in Delhi. Director of the Indic Studies Project based at CSDS and Convener of a series of International… …   Wikipedia