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See also:LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old See also:Teutonic See also:root lag, " See also:lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. See also:Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
, a word used in See also:English in two See also:main senses-(1) as a See also:rule prescribed by authority for human See also:action, and (2) in scientific and philosophic phraseology, as a See also:uniform See also:order of sequence (e.g
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" See also:laws " of See also:motion)
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In the first sense the word is used either in the abstract, for See also:jurisprudence generally or for a See also:state of things in which the laws of a See also:country are duly observed (" See also:law and order "), or in the See also:concrete for some particular rule or See also:body of rules
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It is usual to distinguish further between " law " and " See also:equity " (q.v.)
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The scientific and philosophic usage has grown out of an See also:early conception of jurisprudence, and is really metaphorical, derived from the phrase " natural law " or " law of nature," which presumed that commands were laid on See also:matter by See also:God (see T
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The See also:general principles of law in the legal sense are discussed under JURISPRUDENCE
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What may be described as " See also:national systems " of law are dealt with historically and generally under ENGLISH LAW, See also:AMERICAN LAW, See also:ROMAN LAW, See also:GREEK LAW, See also:MAHOMMEDAN LAW, See also:INDIAN LAW, &c
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Certain broad divisions of law are treated under CONSTITUTION AND CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, See also:CANON LAW, See also:CIVIL LAW, See also:COMMON LAW, CRIMINAL LAW, ECCLESIASTICAL LAW, EQUITY, See also:INTERNATIONAL LAW, MILITARY LAW, &C
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And the particular laws of different countries on See also:special subjects are stated under the headings for those subjects (See also:BANKRUPTCY, &c.)
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For courts (q.v.) of law, and procedure, see JURISPRUDENCE, See also:APPEAL, TRIAL, See also: |
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