case law — Case law is law that has been established by following decisions made by judges in earlier cases.
crown saw — a hollow cylinder with cutting teeth forming a rotary saw for trepanning
foresaw — to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
grimm's law — the statement of the regular pattern of consonant correspondences presumed to represent changes from Proto-Indo-European to Germanic, according to which voiced aspirated stops became voiced obstruents, voiced unaspirated stops became unvoiced stops, and unvoiced stops became unvoiced fricatives: first formulated in 1820–22 by Jakob Grimm, though the facts had been noted earlier by Rasmus Rask.
inlaw — to restore (an outlaw) to the benefits and protection of the law.
lynch law — the administration of summary punishment, especially death, upon a suspected, accused, or convicted person by a mob acting without legal process or authority.
macaw — any of various large, long-tailed parrots, chiefly of the genus Ara, of tropical and subtropical America, noted for their brilliant plumage and harsh voice.
ohm's law — the law that for any circuit the electric current is directly proportional to the voltage and is inversely proportional to the resistance.
pear haw — a shrub or small tree, Crataegus uniflora, of the eastern and southern coastal areas of the U.S., having pear-shaped, orange-red fruit.
poor law — a law or system of laws providing for the relief or support of the poor at public expense.
redraw — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
scroll saw — a narrow saw mounted vertically in a frame and operated with an up-and-down motion, used for cutting curved ornamental designs.
withdraw — to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.
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canon law — Canon law is the law of the Christian church. It has authority only for that church and its members.
charles' law — the principle that all gases expand equally for the same rise of temperature if they are held at constant pressure: also that the pressures of all gases increase equally for the same rise of temperature if they are held at constant volume. The law is now known to be only true for ideal gases
civil law — Civil law is the part of a country's set of laws which is concerned with the private affairs of citizens, for example marriage and property ownership, rather than with crime.
compass saw — a hand saw with a narrow tapered blade for making a curved cut
coping saw — a handsaw with a U-shaped frame used for cutting curves in a material too thick for a fret saw
dalton's law — the principle that the pressure exerted by a mixture of gases in a fixed volume is equal to the sum of the pressures that each gas would exert if it occupied the whole volume
gresham's law — the tendency of the inferior of two forms of currency to circulate more freely than, or to the exclusion of, the superior, because of the hoarding of the latter.
martial law — the law temporarily imposed upon an area by state or national military forces when civil authority has broken down or during wartime military operations.
mosaic law — the ancient law of the Hebrews, ascribed to Moses.
possum haw — a shrub, Ilex decidua, of the southeastern U.S., having leaves that are hairy on the upper surface and glossy, red fruit.
public law — Also called public act, public statute. a law or statute of a general character that applies to the people of a whole state or nation.
roman law — the system of jurisprudence elaborated by the ancient Romans, a strong and varied influence on the legal systems of many countries.
rule of law — the principle that all people and institutions are subject to and accountable to law that is fairly applied and enforced; the principle of government by law.
school of law — (in Chinese philosophy) a Neo-Confucian school asserting the existence of transcendent universals, which form individual objects from a primal matter otherwise formless.
criminal law — the body of law dealing with the constitution of offences and the punishment of offenders
harmonic law — any one of three laws governing planetary motion: each planet revolves in an ellipse, with the sun at one focus; the line connecting a planet to the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal periods of time (law of areas) or the square of the period of revolution of each planet is proportional to the cube of the semimajor axis of the planet's orbit (harmonic law)
homestead law — any law exempting homesteads from seizure or sale for debt.
kangaroo paw — any plant of the Australian genus Anigozanthos, resembling a kangaroo's paw, esp the red-and-green flowered A. manglesii, which is the floral emblem of Western Australia: family Haemodoraceae
maritime law — the body of law relating to maritime commerce and navigation, and to maritime matters generally.
matter of law — an issue or matter to be determined according to the relevant principles of law.
natural law — a principle or body of laws considered as derived from nature, right reason, or religion and as ethically binding in human society.
parkinson's law — the statement, expressed facetiously as if a law of physics, that work expands to fill the time allotted for its completion.
periodic law — the law that the properties of the elements are periodic functions of their atomic numbers.
question of law — a question concerning a rule or the legal effect or consequence of an event or circumstance, usually determined by a court or judge.
unwritten law — a law that rests for its authority on custom, judicial decision, etc., as distinguished from law originating in written command, statute, or decree.
conservation law — any law stating that some quantity or property remains constant during and after an interaction or process, as conservation of charge or conservation of linear momentum.
fundamental law — the organic law of a state, especially its constitution.
statutory law — the written law established by enactments expressing the will of the legislature, as distinguished from the unwritten law or common law.