See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root lag, " See also:

• LIE, JONAS LAURITZ EDEMIL (1833—1908)
• LIE, MARIUS SOPHUS (1842–1899)

lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. See also:

• LAT

Lat. lex, Fr. loi)  , a word used in See also:

• ENGLISH

English in two See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main senses-(1) as a See also:

• RULE

rule prescribed by authority for human See also:

• ACTION

action, and (2) in scientific and philosophic phraseology, as a See also:

• UNIFORM

uniform See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of sequence (e.g . " See also:

• LAWS

laws " of See also:

• MOTION (Lat. motio, from movere, to move)
• MOTION, LAWS OF

motion) . In the first sense the word is used either in the abstract, for See also:

• JURISPRUDENCE (Lat. jurisprudenlia, knowledge of law, from jus, right, and prudentia, from providere, to foresee)
• JURISPRUDENCE, COMPARATIVE

jurisprudence generally or for a See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of things in which the laws of a See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country are duly observed (" See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law and order "), or in the See also:

• CONCRETE
• CONCRETE (Lat. concretes, participle of concrescere, to grow together)

concrete for some particular rule or See also:

• BODY

body of rules . It is usual to distinguish further between " law " and " See also:

• EQUITY (Lat. aequitas)

equity " (q.v.) . The scientific and philosophic usage has grown out of an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

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

matter by See also:

• GOD

God (see T . E . See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland, Elements of Jurisprudence, ch. ii.), The See also:

• ADJECTIVE (from the Lat. adjectives, added)

adjective " legal " is only used in the first sense, never in the second . In the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of the " moral law " (see See also:

• ETHICS
• ETHICS, SHAFTESBURY, HOBBES

ETHICS) the See also:

• TERM

term is employed somewhat ambiguously because of its connexion with both meanings . There is also an Old English use of the word " law " in. a more or less sporting sense (" to give law " or " allow so much law "), meaning a start or See also:

• FAIR

fair See also:

• ALLOWANCE (from "allow,' derived through 0. Fr. alouer from the two Lat. origins adlaudare, to praise, and allocare, to assign a place; so that the English word combined the general idea of "assigning with approval")

allowance in See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time or distance . Presumably this originated simply in the See also:

• LIBERTY (Lat. libertas, from liber, free)

liberty-loving Briton's respect for proper legal See also:

• PROCEDURE (Fr. procedure, from Lat. procedere, to go for-ward)

procedure: instead of the See also:

• BRUTE, SIMON WILLIAM GABRIEL (1779–1839)

brute exercise of tyrannous force he demanded " law," or a fair opportunity and trial . But it may simply be an See also:

• EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

extension of the meaning of " right," or of the sense of " leave " which is found in early uses of the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French lei . In this See also:

• WORK

work the laws or uniformities of the See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical universe are dealt with in the articles on the various sciences .

The See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general principles of law in the legal sense are discussed under JURISPRUDENCE . What may be described as " See also:

• NATIONAL

national systems " of law are dealt with historically and generally under ENGLISH LAW, See also:

• AMERICAN

AMERICAN LAW, See also:

• ROMAN

ROMAN LAW, See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

GREEK LAW, See also:

• MAHOMMEDAN

MAHOMMEDAN LAW, See also:

• INDIAN

INDIAN LAW, &c . Certain broad divisions of law are treated under CONSTITUTION AND CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, See also:

• CANON

CANON LAW, See also:

• CIVIL

CIVIL LAW, See also:

• COMMON

COMMON LAW, CRIMINAL LAW, ECCLESIASTICAL LAW, EQUITY, See also:

• INTERNATIONAL, THE

INTERNATIONAL LAW, MILITARY LAW, &C . And the particular laws of different countries on See also:

• SPECIAL

special subjects are stated under the headings for those subjects (See also:

• BANKRUPTCY (from Lat. bancus or Fr. banquet table or counter, and Lat. ruptus, broken)

BANKRUPTCY, &c.) . For courts (q.v.) of law, and procedure, see JURISPRUDENCE, See also:

• APPEAL

APPEAL, TRIAL, See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

KING'S See also:

• BENCH (an O.E. and Eng. form of a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Bank, Dan. baenk and the Eng. doublet " bank ")

BENCH, &C .