Part 6413

<h1>Law</h1> <Xpage=835>

<hw>Law</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Lawe</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt></def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Law</h1> <Xpage=835>

<hw>Law</hw>, <tt>interj.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>La</er>.]</ety> <def>An exclamation of mild surprise.</def> <mark>[Archaic or Low]</mark>

<h1>Law-abiding</h1> <Xpage=835>

<hw>Law"-a*bid`ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Abiding the law; waiting for the operation of law for the enforcement of rights; also, abiding by the law; obedient to the law; <as>as, <ex>law-abiding</ex> people</as>.</def>

<h1>Lawbreaker</h1> <Xpage=835>

<hw>Law"break`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who disobeys the law; a criminal.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Law"break`ing</wf>, <tt>n. & a.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Lawe</h1> <Xpage=835>

<hw>Lawe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See 2d <er>Lawing</er>.]</ety> <def>To cut off the claws and balls of, as of a dog's fore feet.</def>

<i>Wright.</i>

<h1>Lawer</h1> <Xpage=835>

<hw>Law"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A lawyer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bale.</i>

<h1>Lawful</h1> <Xpage=835>

<hw>Law"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Conformable to law; allowed by law; legitimate; competent.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Constituted or authorized by law; rightful; <as>as, the <ex>lawful</ex> owner of lands</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Lawful age</col>, <cd>the age when the law recognizes one's right of independent action; majority; -- generally the age of twenty-one years.</cd></cs><-- = legal age -->

<note>&hand; In some of the States, and for some purposes, a woman attains <i>lawful age</i> at eighteen. <i>Abbott.</i></note>

<syn>Syn. -- Legal; constitutional; allowable; regular; rightful.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Lawful</er>, <er>Legal</er>. <i>Lawful</i> means conformable to the principle, spirit, or essence of the law, and is applicable to moral as well as juridical law. <i>Legal</i> means conformable to the letter or rules of the law as it is administered in the courts; conformable to juridical law. <i>Legal</i> is often used as antithetical to <i>equitable</i>, but <i>lawful</i> is seldom used in that sense.</usage>

-- <wordforms><wf>Law"ful*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Law"ful*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Lawgiver</h1> <Xpage=835>

<hw>Law"giv`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who makes or enacts a law or system of laws; a legislator.</def>

<h1>Lawgiving</h1> <Xpage=835>

<hw>Law"giv`ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Enacting laws; legislative.</def>

<h1>Lawing</h1> <Xpage=835>

<hw>Law"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Going to law; litigation.</def>

<i>Holinshed.</i>