laying down law

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• Laying Down The Law — Artwork title=Trial By Jury artist=Sir Edwin Landseer year=1840 type=Oil on canvas height=72 width=95 Trial By Jury , or Laying Down The Law as it is commonly known, is an oil on canvas painting from 1840 by the English painter Sir Edwin Landseer …   Wikipedia

• law — [[t]lɔ͟ː[/t]] ♦ laws 1) N SING: the N The law is a system of rules that a society or government develops in order to deal with crime, business agreements, and social relationships. You can also use the law to refer to the people who work in this… …   English dictionary

• Law of superposition — The law of superposition (or the principle of superposition) is a key axiom based on observations of natural history that is a foundational principle of sedimentary stratigraphy and so of other geology dependent natural sciences: The principle… …   Wikipedia

• law — law1 lawlike, adj. /law/, n. 1. 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. 2 …   Universalium

• Laying — Lay Lay (l[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laid} (l[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Laying}.] [OE. leggen, AS. lecgan, causative, fr. licgan to lie; akin to D. leggen, G. legen, Icel. leggja, Goth. lagjan. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. To cause to lie down,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• law — [[t]lɔ[/t]] n. 1) law the principles and regulations established by a government or other authority and applicable to a people, whether by legislation or by custom enforced by judicial decision 2) law any written or positive rule or collection of …   From formal English to slang

• law — [10] Etymologically, a law is that which has been ‘laid’ down. English borrowed the word from Old Norse *lagu (replacing the native Old English ǣ ‘law’), which was the plural of lag ‘laying, good order’. This came ultimately from the prehistoric… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• law — [10] Etymologically, a law is that which has been ‘laid’ down. English borrowed the word from Old Norse *lagu (replacing the native Old English ǣ ‘law’), which was the plural of lag ‘laying, good order’. This came ultimately from the prehistoric… …   Word origins

• Welsh law — For the current Welsh law, see Contemporary Welsh Law. For the law currently in force in England and Wales, see English law. Drawing of a judge from the Peniarth 28 manuscript …   Wikipedia

• United Kingdom company law — Beside the River Thames, the City of London is a global financial centre. Within the Square Mile, the London Stock Exchange lies at the heart of the United Kingdom s corporations. United Kingdom company law is the body of rules that concern… …   Wikipedia

• The Law (band) — The Law were an English rock group formed in 1991 comprising of ex The Who/The Faces drummer Kenney Jones and former Free/Bad Company singer Paul Rodgers. The two teamed up with the idea of using different supporting musicians, in order to allow… …   Wikipedia