Synonyms for lawing

Grammar : Verb

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Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɔ ɪŋ

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Définition of lawing

Origin : Old English lagu (plural laga, comb. form lah-) "law, ordinance, rule, regulation; district governed by the same laws," from Old Norse *lagu "law," collective plural of lag "layer, measure, stroke," literally "something laid down or fixed," from Proto-Germanic *lagan "put, lay" (see lay (v.)).
Replaced Old English æ and gesetnes, which had the same sense development as law. Cf. also statute, from Latin statuere; German Gesetz "law," from Old High German gisatzida; Lithuanian istatymas, from istatyti "set up, establish." In physics, from 1660s. Law and order have been coupled since 1796.

As in prosecute : verb bring action against in court

Example sentences :

I never yet lodged in a hostelrie, But I paid my lawing before I gaed.
Extract from : « Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy » by Andrew Lang

I hastened through my breakfast, paid my lawing, and ordered out my horse.
Extract from : « The Shoes of Fortune » by Neil Munro

They're worth more than all the lawing Gray and Vanrevel have ever done or ever will do.
Extract from : « The Two Vanrevels » by Booth Tarkington

We have no time for lawing, and if we did, the shysters would get it all.
Extract from : « The Song of the Wolf » by Frank Mayer

Gradually, after much shooting and lawing, we parcelled out the range and settled down covering practically the whole State.
Extract from : « Cavanagh: Forest Ranger » by Hamlin Garland

"I would that that part of your duty relating to the hock-sinewing, and lawing of mastiffs, could be discontinued," said Richard.
Extract from : « The Lancashire Witches » by William Harrison Ainsworth

Jeanie courteously declined the tankard, and inquired what was her "lawing?"
Extract from : « The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2, Illustrated » by Sir Walter Scott

Sir, no man should enter the door of a public-house without paying his lawing.'
Extract from : « Red Gauntlet » by Sir Walter Scott

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