law
To prosecute or sue, to litigateTo prosecute or sue (someone), to litigate.
Meaning
5 senses(ambitransitive, dialectal)To prosecute or sue (someone), to litigate.
(nonstandard)To rule over (with a certain effect) by law; to govern.
(informal)To enforce the law.
To subject to legal restrictions.
(obsolete)To work as a lawyer; to practice law.
Examples
1906 sentencesI think it's a good law.
Думаю, це добрий закон. — deniko
When did they pass that law?
Коли прийняли цей закон? — deniko
I like my mother-in-law.
Мені подобається моя свекруха. — deniko
ruМне нравится моя свекровь. — marafon
deIch mag meine Schwiegermutter. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I don't like my mother-in-law.
Я не люблю свою свекруху. — deniko
deIch mag meine Schwiegermutter nicht. — wolfgangth
Tom and I went to law school together.
Ми з Томом вчилися разом на юридичному. — oromashka
Origin
From Middle English lawe, laȝe, from Old English lagu (“law”), borrowed from Old Norse lǫgFrom Middle English lawe, laȝe, from Old English lagu (“law”), borrowed from Old Norse lǫg (“law”, literally “things laid down or firmly established”), originally the plural of lag (“layer, stratum, a laying in order, measure, stroke”), from Proto-Germanic *lagą (“that which is laid down”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”). Cognate with Scots law (“law”), Icelandic lög (“things laid down, law”), Faroese lóg (“law”), Norwegian lov (“law”), Swedish lag (“law”), Danish lov (“law”), Finnish laki (“law”). Compare typologically distant cognate Russian уложе́ние (uložénije). Displaced native Old English ǣ and ġesetnes. More at lay.
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Forms
laws, lawing, lawed, lawedWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- against the law
- mother in law
- son in law
- breaking the law
- law abiding citizens
- obey the law
- brother in law
- broken any laws
- father in law
- violating any laws
- a law student
- above the law
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.