A law or ordinance, esp. one in Mosaic law relating to secular, as opposed to moral or ceremonial, matters. Usually in plural. Cf. sense A. 2. Now…
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| 释义 | society > law > [noun] > a law > other general types of law (8) judicialc1400 A law or ordinance, esp. one in Mosaic law relating to secular, as opposed to moral or ceremonial, matters. Usually in plural. Cf. sense A. 2. Now… proper law1609 †(a) the law or system of laws which operates in specific circumstances, in a particular country, etc. (obsolete); (b) the particular law taken… antinomy1644 A contradictory law, statute, or principle; an authoritative contradiction. Obs. cobweb law1649 figurative. (see quot. 1557). post-law1663 (probably) a law operating retrospectively; = ex post facto law at ex post facto, adj. overlaw1883 A higher or overruling law. inn law1930 a law or custom typical of or prevailing at an inn (sense 2a(a)). loi-cadre1953 A general outline law, the principles of which can be applied by the government in succeeding parallel situations. |
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