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n, in distinction from the gospel; hence, also, the Old Testament. What things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law . . . But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets. Rom. iii. 19, 21.

Abiding the law; waiting for the operation of law for the enforcement of rights; also, abiding by the law; obedient to the law; as, law-abiding people.

One who disobeys the law; a criminal. -- Law"break`ing, n. & a.

To cut off the claws and balls of, as of a dog's fore feet. Wright.

A lawyer. [Obs.] Bale.

Conformable to law; allowed by law; legitimate; competent.

One who makes or enacts a law or system of laws; a legislator.

Enacting laws; legislative.

Going to law; litigation. Holinshed.

Contrary to, or unauthorized by, law; illegal; as, a lawless claim. He needs no indirect nor lawless course. Shak.

A legislator; a lawgiver.

Enacting laws; legislative. -- n.

A trader in law; one who practices law as if it were a trade. Milton.

An open space between woods. Milton. "Orchard lawns and bowery hollows." Tennyson.

See Laund.

Having a lawn; characterized by a lawn or by lawns; like a lawn. Musing through the lawny park. T. Warton.

An Asiatic and North African shrub (Lawsonia inermis), with smooth oval leaves, and fragrant white flowers. Henna is prepared from the leaves and twigs. In England the shrub is called Egyptian privet, and in the West Indies, Jamaica mignonette.

An action at law; a suit in equity or admiralty; any legal proceeding before a court for the enforcement of a claim.

One versed in the laws, or a practitioner of law; one whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients, or to advise as to prosecution or defence of lawsuits, or as to legal rights and obligations in other matters. It is a general term, comprehending attorneys, counselors, solicitors, barristers, sergeants, and advo…

Like, or becoming, a lawyer; as, lawyerlike sagacity. "Lawyerly mooting of this point." Milton.