Antonyms for lawed
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : law |
| Phonetic Transcription : lÉ” |
Definition of lawed
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
- Outlaw does not mean outside the law, but lawed out by some legal process.
- Extract from : « The Shakespeare Myth » by Edwin Durning-Lawrence
- An whats more, Id a lawed em, an jawed em, an fought em from now till the crack o doom.
- Extract from : « Pickett's Gap » by Homer Greene
Synonyms for lawed
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