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1,000+ words match “LAW”

INTERROGATORY n. 2 definitions
A formal question or inquiry; esp. (Law), a question asked in writing. Macaulay.
INTERSPERSE v. 2 definitions
gs; to insert at intervals; as, to intersperse pictures in a book. There, interspersed in lawns and op'ning glades, Thin trees arise that shun each other's shades. Pope.
INTERSTICE n. 2 definitions
interval of time; specifically (R. C. Ch.), in the plural, the intervals which the canon law requires between the reception of the various degrees of orders. Nonobservance of the interstices . . . is a sin. Addis & Arnold.
INTERVENER n.
One who intervenes; especially (Law), a person who assumes a part in a suit between others.
INVARIABLE a. 2 definitions
Not given to variation or change; unalterable; unchangeable; always uniform. Physical laws which are invariable. I. Taylor. -- In*va"ri*a*ble*ness, n. -- In*va"ri*a*bly, adv.
INVEIGH v.
; -- with against; as, to inveigh against character, conduct, manners, customs, morals, a law, an abuse. All men inveighed against him; all men, except court vassals, opposed him. Milton. The artificial life against which we inveighed. Hawthorne.
IROQUOIAN a. 2 definitions
the Five Nations, or Iroquois proper, were the chief, extended from the shores of the St. Lawrence and of Lakes Huron, Ontario, and Erie south, through eastern Pennsylvania, to Maryland; that of the southern tribes, of whom the Cherokees were chief, formed part of Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentuc…
IRREGULAR a. 2 definitions
Not regular; not conforming to a law, method, or usage recognized as the general rule; not according to common form; not conformable to nature, to the rules of moral rectitude, or to established principles; not normal; unnatural; immethodical; unsymmetrical; erratic; no straight; not uniform; as, an irregular line; an…
IRREGULOUS a.
Lawless. [Obs.] Shak.
IRREPEALABLE a.
Not repealable; not capable of being repealed or revoked, as a law. -- Ir`re*peal"a*ble*ness, n. -- Ir`re*peal"a*bly, adv.
IRRESISTIBLE a.
to opposition; resistless; overpowering; as, an irresistible attraction. An irresistible law of our nature impels us to seek happiness. J. M. Mason.
ISODIABATIC a.
abatic lines or curves, a pair of lines or curves exhibiting, on a diagram of energy, the law of variation of the pressure and density of a fluid, the one during the lowering, and the other during the raising, of its temperature, when the quantity of heat given out by the fluid during any given stage of the one process…
ISONOMIC a.
The same, or equal, in law or right; one in kind or origin; analogous; similar. Dana.
ISONOMY n.
Equal law or right; equal distribution of rights and privileges; similarity.
ISSUABLE a. 2 definitions
Leading to, producing, or relating to, an issue; capable of being made an issue at law. Burrill.
ISSUE n. 21 definitions
Progeny; a child or children; offspring. In law, sometimes, in a general sense, all persons descended from a common ancestor; all lineal descendants. If the king Should without issue die. Shak.
JACTITATION n. 2 definitions
of the body; restlessness, as in delirium. Dunglison. Jactitation of marriage (Eng. Eccl. Law), a giving out or boasting by a party that he or she is married to another, whereby a common reputation of their matrimony may ensue. Blackstone.
JAIL n. 2 definitions
A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding. [Written also gaol.] This jail I count the house of liberty. Milton. Jail bird, a prisoner; one who has been confined in prison. [Slang] - - Jail delive…
JAW v. 11 definitions
To scold; to clamor. [Law] Smollett.
JOBATION n.
A scolding; a hand, tedious reproof. [Law] Grose.
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