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Law covering applicability of laws over time
Intertemporal law regulates the conflict of laws relating to time. It determines which law is applicable at which time, and specifically the applicability
Intertemporal_law
Territorial dispute involving multiple countries over the Spratly Islands
doctrine of intertemporal law was established after the Island of Palmas Case ruling. Under the doctrine, treaty rights are assessed under the laws in force
Spratly_Islands_dispute
Social justice construct
intertemporal law, today's prohibitions cannot be applied retroactively. There is a legal argument suggesting that, exceptions to intertemporal law apply
Reparations_for_slavery
Legal case
Skubiszewski. Kluwer Law International. pp. 173–181. Elias, T. O. (1980). "The Doctrine of Intertemporal Law". American Journal of International Law. 74 (2): 285–307
Island_of_Palmas_Case
doctrine of intertemporal law was established after the Island of Palmas Case ruling. Under the doctrine, treaty rights are assessed under the laws in force
Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
Territorial_disputes_in_the_South_China_Sea
Necessary condition for optimality associated with dynamic programming
Bellman equation is Robert C. Merton's seminal 1973 article on the intertemporal capital asset pricing model. (See also Merton's portfolio problem).
Bellman_equation
International trade law – Internment – Interpleader – Interrogation – Interrogatories – Interstate commerce – Intertemporal Law – Intervene – Intervening
Index_of_law_articles
Disputed atoll in the South China Sea
doctrine of intertemporal law was established after the Island of Palmas Case ruling. Under the doctrine, treaty rights are assessed under the laws in force
Scarborough_Shoal
Concept in economics
The law does not apply intertemporally, so prices for the same item can be different at different times in one market. The application of the law to financial
Law_of_one_price
Benefit derived from consuming a product
which is used to analyse intertemporal choice, choice under uncertainty, and social welfare in modern economic theory. The law of diminishing marginal
Marginal_utility
Christopher (8 July 2025). "The Doctrine of Intertemporal Law and the Challenge of Decolonising the Law on Territorial and Boundary Issues in Africa:
Gabon_v._Equatorial_Guinea
Measurement of electromagnetic radiation
based on a fundamental identity from spherical trigonometry, the spherical law of cosines: cos ( c ) = cos ( a ) cos ( b ) + sin ( a ) sin ( b
Solar_irradiance
Bet sizing formula for long-term growth
including Warren Buffett and Bill Gross use Kelly methods (also see intertemporal portfolio choice).[page needed] It is also the standard replacement
Kelly_criterion
Interdisciplinary field
in economics is intertemporal choices which are decisions that involve costs and benefits that are distributed over time. Intertemporal choice research
Neuroeconomics
Severe and prolonged economic problems
mankind will ultimately face extinction. In effect, any conceivable intertemporal allocation of the finite stock will inevitably end up with universal
Economic_collapse
Using money to obtain an item for use
view can be found in consumption theory, which views the Fisherian intertemporal choice framework as the real structure of the consumption function.
Consumption_(economics)
Deciding between multiple options
Decision making software Example choice Freedom of choice Hobson's choice Intertemporal choice Sheena Iyengar, author of The Art of Choosing Neuroscience of
Choice
Economics concept
neuroeconomics researchers. According to the discounted utility approach, intertemporal choices are no different from other choices, except that some consequences
Hyperbolic_discounting
Economics theory
{\displaystyle u(c)=\log(c)} implies RRA = 1. In intertemporal choice problems, the elasticity of intertemporal substitution often cannot be disentangled from
Risk_aversion
Growth of quantities at rate proportional to the current amount
example, if one wishes to empirically estimate the growth rate from intertemporal data on x, one can linearly regress log x on t. The exponential function
Exponential_growth
Use of land by a tenant in return for a share of the crops produced
hazard (Reid, 1976; Eswaran and Kotwal, 1985; Ghatak and Pandey, 2000), intertemporal discounting (Roy and Serfes, 2001), price fluctuations (Sen, 2011) or
Sharecropping
Branch of applied probability theory
estimation of subjective probabilities is severely biased by anchoring. Intertemporal choice is concerned with the kind of choice where different actions
Decision_theory
Neoclassical economic model
than assuming a constant saving rate, the model derives it from the intertemporal optimization of a representative agent who chooses consumption to maximize
Ramsey–Cass–Koopmans_model
International trade – International Year of Microcredit – Intertemporal choice – Intertemporal equilibrium – Investment – Investment (macroeconomics) –
Index_of_economics_articles
American economist
and translated into English 1923. Woodford, Michael (1983), Essays in intertemporal economics. Ph.D. dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Michael_Dean_Woodford
Representation of a type of random process
deviation principle Law of large numbers (weak/strong) Law of the iterated logarithm Maximal ergodic theorem Sanov's theorem Zero–one laws (Blumenthal, Borel–Cantelli
Autoregressive_model
Online broadcast involving eating
obsessed with viewing mukbang ASMR? The roles of mediated voyeurism and intertemporal choice". PLOS ONE. 19 (9) e0308549. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0308549
Mukbang
Framework in macroeconomics
fertility. Books devoted to the use of the OLG model include Azariadis' Intertemporal Macroeconomics and de la Croix and Michel's Theory of Economic Growth
Overlapping_generations_model
Romanian mathematician, statistician and economist (1906–1994)
mankind will ultimately face extinction. In effect, any conceivable intertemporal allocation of the stock will inevitably end up with universal economic
Nicholas_Georgescu-Roegen
In contrast with ordinal utility, in economics
profound than the simple mathematical expectation of money as it involves a law of moral expectation. Early theorists of utility considered that it had physically
Cardinal_utility
American legal philosopher (1926–2004)
one has deceased. Similarly, Feinberg argues that interests may be intertemporal in the reverse direction. That is, he maintains that beings who have
Joel_Feinberg
Switching costs inhibiting a change of vendor
S2CID 14262869. Vendor Lock-in Definition by The Linux Information Project "The Intertemporal Dynamics of Consumer Lock-In" (PDF) by Gal ZAUBERMAN Dynamic competition
Vendor_lock-in
Fusion of macroeconomic schools of thought
that are central to the new synthesis described by Goodfried and King: intertemporal optimization, rational expectations, imperfect competition, and costly
New_neoclassical_synthesis
Economics of developing economies
restructuring market incentives or using mathematical methods such as intertemporal optimization for project analysis, or it may involve a mixture of quantitative
Development_economics
Phenomena of sensory perception
obsessed with viewing mukbang ASMR? The roles of mediated voyeurism and intertemporal choice". PLOS ONE. 19 (9) e0308549. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0308549
ASMR
Theory of equilibrium between supply and demand
the date at which it is to be delivered. The Arrow–Debreu model of intertemporal equilibrium contains forward markets for all goods at all dates. No
General_equilibrium_theory
Japanese economist (born 1958)
S2CID 152382557. Atkeson, Andrew; Ogaki, Masao (1996). "Wealth-varying intertemporal elasticities of substitution: Evidence from panel and aggregate data"
Masao_Ogaki
Income saved for later use
Employee stock ownership Employee benefits Retirement Filial responsibility laws Pension By country Defined benefit Defined contribution Pay-as-you-go Social
Saving
Economic dispute
theory is most appropriately set forth in terms of microeconomics and intertemporal general equilibrium models. The critics, such as Pierangelo Garegnani
Cambridge_capital_controversy
American economist of the Austrian school
are informed by my Christian faith, and I am a firm believer in natural law". (2002) Chaos Theory: Two Essays on Market Anarchism [PDF Available] (2005)
Bob_Murphy_(economist)
Concept in behavioral economics, political theory and behavioral sciences
A. 2011. "Give more tomorrow: Two field experiments on altruism and intertemporal choice." Journal of Public Economics 95(11-12):1349-57. Ruehle, R. C
Nudge_theory
, "4.1.1 Areas of agreement and disagreement. In (book chapter) 4. Intertemporal Equity, Discounting, and Economic Efficiency", IPCC SAR WG3 1996, pp
Economic analysis of climate change
Economic_analysis_of_climate_change
Better to receive money now than later
Irving Fisher’s The Theory of Interest (1930) formalised an account of intertemporal valuation that links interest to impatience (time preference) and investment
Time_value_of_money
Egonomics 2006 Edmund Phelps (1933–2026) United States "for his analysis of intertemporal tradeoffs in macroeconomic policy" Yale University (PhD, economics)
List of Nobel Memorial Prize laureates in Economic Sciences
List_of_Nobel_Memorial_Prize_laureates_in_Economic_Sciences
Study of an economy as a whole
are not constant as in the Solow model, but derived from an explicit intertemporal utility function. In the 1980s and 1990s, endogenous growth theory arose
Macroeconomics
Process of selecting a portfolio
allocation Chance-constrained portfolio selection Hierarchical Risk Parity Intertemporal portfolio choice Financial risk management § Investment management List
Portfolio_optimization
Business strategy that focuses on sustainability as a core aspect of the business
norms permeate CSR, sustainability only obliges businesses to make intertemporal trade-offs to safeguard intergenerational equity. Short-termism is the
Corporate_sustainability
Study of the foundations of politics
The Legal Relationship between Present and Future Generations: An Intertemporal Perspective on Intergenerational Equity. Springer. ISBN 978-3-032-03345-1
Political_philosophy
Journal of Political Economy (1953): 461-488. in JSTOR Michael Gavin, "Intertemporal dimensions of international economic adjustment: evidence from the Franco-Prussian
Economic_history_of_France
Edmund S. Phelps: 2006 Nobel Prize in Economics "for his analysis of intertemporal tradeoffs in macroeconomic policy" Edward C. Prescott: 2004 Nobel Prize
List of University of Pennsylvania people
List_of_University_of_Pennsylvania_people
Topics referred to by the same term
layer from the surface of a solid body moving relative to the fluid Intertemporal portfolio choice#Time-independent decisions, where in some contexts
Separation
Economic theory
capital during the boom. The market process that eventually reveals the intertemporal misallocation and turns boom into bust resembles an analogous process
Austrian business cycle theory
Austrian_business_cycle_theory
Psychological dependence on smartphones
"Wired to be connected? Links between mobile technology engagement, intertemporal preference and frontostriatal white matter connectivity". Social Cognitive
Problematic_smartphone_use
Problem optimization method
(via investment in capital stock that is used in production), known as intertemporal choice. Future consumption is discounted at a constant rate β ∈ ( 0
Dynamic_programming
Economics concept
version of the paper was published in 1982 under the title "A test of the intertemporal asset pricing model". The authors found that a standard general equilibrium
Equity_premium_puzzle
Mathematical framework for investment risk
economics § Uncertainty Financial risk management § Investment management Intertemporal portfolio choice Investment theory Kelly criterion Marginal conditional
Modern_portfolio_theory
Economic concept
adherence to economic growth would be a question of maximizing utility, an intertemporal decision between current and future consumption (see Keynes–Ramsey rule)
Growth_imperative
School of macroeconomics
proposed a list of four elements that are central to the new synthesis: intertemporal optimization, rational expectations, imperfect competition, and costly
New_Keynesian_economics
mankind will ultimately face extinction. In effect, any conceivable intertemporal allocation of the stock will inevitably end up with universal economic
Global_catastrophe_scenarios
Standard example in game theory
economics, George Ainslie points out that addiction can be cast as an intertemporal prisoner's dilemma problem between the present and future selves of
Prisoner's_dilemma
Market dominated by a small number of sellers
oligopoly in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bayer, R. C. (2010). Intertemporal price discrimination and competition. Journal of economic behavior &
Oligopoly
British economist and politician (1772–1823)
notes that the proposition is theoretically implied in the presence of intertemporal optimisation by rational taxpayers: but that since taxpayers do not
David_Ricardo
Negative mental attitude
humankind will ultimately face extinction. In effect, any conceivable intertemporal allocation of the stock will inevitably end up with universal economic
Pessimism
Problem of allocation of money by consumers in order to most benefit themselves
act of consuming takes time), a constraint of both time and money, an intertemporal budget constraint and many more. The economic problem originates from
Utility_maximization_problem
Macroeconomic method
of interest consistent with intertemporal equilibrium also implies a constant price level. Hayek posited that intertemporal equilibrium requires not a
Dynamic stochastic general equilibrium
Dynamic_stochastic_general_equilibrium
Academic discipline concerned with the exchange of money
as relevant in pricing. The intertemporal CAPM and consumption-based CAPM similarly extend the model. With intertemporal portfolio choice, the investor
Financial_economics
Investment strategy
doi:10.1086/505240. Gerard, Bruno, and Guojun Wu. “How Important Is Intertemporal Risk for Asset Allocation?” The Journal of Business 79, no. 4 (2006):
Asset_allocation
Concepts in economics
'long-period equilibrium' was often used[by whom?] to refer to post-Walrasian intertemporal equilibria with futures markets, sequences of temporary equilibria,
Long_run_and_short_run
international economics international futures international trade intertemporal choice intertemporal equilibrium intra-industry trade inventory bounce investment
Glossary_of_economics
British philosopher, mathematician and economist (1903–1930)
how much savings should be and secondly the method of analysis, the intertemporal maximisation (optimisation) of collective or individual utility by applying
Frank_P._Ramsey
Energy system models that are open source
It models electricity and heat supply and demand, and supports the intertemporal storage of both. Balmorel is structured as a pure linear program (no
Open_energy_system_models
American economist (1867–1947)
general equilibrium. He was also a pioneer in the rigorous study of intertemporal choice in markets, which led him to develop a theory of capital and
Irving_Fisher
Money held by a central bank to pay debts, if needed
from this process. One attempt uses a standard model of open economy intertemporal consumption to show that it is possible to replicate a tariff on imports
Foreign_exchange_reserves
Correlation of a signal with a time-shifted copy of itself, as a function of shift
ultrasound imaging, autocorrelation is used to visualize blood flow. In intertemporal portfolio choice, the presence or absence of autocorrelation in an asset's
Autocorrelation
general equilibrium. He was also a pioneer in the rigorous study of intertemporal choice in markets, which led him to develop a theory of capital and
List of atheists (miscellaneous)
List_of_atheists_(miscellaneous)
School of thought in macroeconomics
macroeconomics contributed the rational expectations hypothesis and the idea of intertemporal optimisation to new Keynesian economics and the new neoclassical synthesis
New_classical_macroeconomics
Interdependence of human economies and natural ecosystems
interdependence and coevolution of human economies and natural ecosystems, both intertemporally and spatially. By treating the economy as a subsystem of Earth's larger
Ecological_economics
Interdisciplinary research discipline
capture characteristics of the real world economy in an environment with intertemporal uncertainty. Given their inherent complexity, DSGE models are in general
Computational_economics
American Nobel laureate in economics
accessed on 12 July 2024 "The 23rd Jerusalem School in Economic Theory - Intertemporal Public Economics | the Institute for Advanced Studies". "Welcome to
Eric_Maskin
Decision-making concept
PMID 15702961. Weber, E.U.; et al. (2007). "Asymmetric discounting in intertemporal choice: a query theory account". Psychological Science. 18 (6): 516–523
Choice_architecture
Approach to economics
temporary equilibrium. Hicks was influenced directly by Hayek's notion of intertemporal coordination and paralleled by earlier work by Lindhal. This was part
Neoclassical_economics
Forestry equation
management Fire ecology Forest dynamics informatics IPM inventory governance law Global Forest Information Service old-growth pathology protection restoration
Faustmann's_formula
Extinct genus of dicynodonts
the eyes; a wider intertemporal region at the back of the skull; relatively weak depressions in the interorbital and intertemporal regions; no overlap
Bulbasaurus
Task crowdsourcing website
Chandler, Jesse; Levine, Adam; Proctor, Andrew; Sytolovich, Dara (2017). "Intertemporal Differences Among MTurk Workers: Time-Based Sample Variations and Implications
Amazon_Mechanical_Turk
Economic conflict since 2018
impacting imports and exports such as tariff rates. In the standard intertemporal model of international finance (Obstfeld and Rogoff, 1995) the capital
China–United_States_trade_war
2006 Edmund S. Phelps Evanston, Illinois, U.S. "for his analysis of intertemporal tradeoffs in macroeconomic policy" 2007 Leonid Hurwicz Moscow, Russian
List of American Nobel laureates
List_of_American_Nobel_laureates
Microeconomic pricing strategy to maximise firm profits
Retrieved 2023-04-22. Dana, James; Williams, Kevin (February 2020). "Intertemporal Price Discrimination in Sequential Quantity-Price Games" (PDF). NBER
Price_discrimination
Predicting someone's future emotions (affect)
"Discounting Time and Time Discounting: Subjective Time Perception and Intertemporal Preferences". Journal of Marketing Research. 46 (4): 543–556. doi:10
Affective_forecasting
Economic principle
of production, cross-price elasticity of demand, and elasticity of intertemporal substitution.[citation needed] In differential calculus, elasticity
Elasticity_(economics)
American economist (born 1948)
Milgrom, Paul (1987). "Aggregation and Linearity in the Provision of Intertemporal Incentives" (PDF). Econometrica. 55 (2): 303–328. doi:10.2307/1913238
Paul_Milgrom
Overview of finance and finance-related topics
systematic risk Consumption-based CAPM – Return on investment metrics Intertemporal CAPM Single-index model – Economic model Multiple factor models – Asset
Outline_of_finance
German economist
growth theory, environmental economics, welfare theory, and general intertemporal equilibrium theory. Edenhofer says that his interest in philosophy and
Ottmar_Edenhofer
Family of macroeconomic models
because of behavioural assumptions such as rational expectations and intertemporal optimisation. Although they treat stock and flow variables consistently
Stock-flow_consistent_model
Forces acting on economic factors from outside a market system
where competition is dominant and results in the immediate as well as intertemporal coordination and equilibration of many independent demands and supplies
Nonmarket_forces
interdependence and coevolution of human economies and natural ecosystems, both intertemporally and spatially. Econometrics – application of statistical methods to
Outline_of_economics
Economic model
P. Jean-Jacques; Peters, Hans (2012). "Dynamic Cournot duopoly with intertemporal capacity constraints" (PDF). International Journal of Industrial Organization
Cournot_competition
Branch of information economics
but limiting patient access. A central tenet of IP economics is the intertemporal trade-off between current well-being and future innovation. Stronger
IP_economics
American economist
contributions. Thus, his 1979 paper with Mukul Majumdar, "Efficient intertemporal allocation, consumption-value maximization and capital-value transversality:
David_Cass
Gleichgewichtssystem der Preise und die Bewegungen des "Geldwertes"" (1928): "Intertemporal Price Equilibrium and Movements in the Value of Money" in Roy McCloughry
Friedrich_Hayek_bibliography
Activities such as searching for fuel (the product) over time is called intertemporal search behaviour and is often associated with cross-sectional search
Search_cost
INTERTEMPORAL LAW
INTERTEMPORAL LAW
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name, common in Lancashire and Yorkshire, from Buglawton or Church Lawton in Cheshire, or Lawton in Herefordshire, named in Old English as ‘settlement on or near a hill’, or ‘settlement by a burial mound’, from hlÄw ‘hill’, ‘burial mound’ + tÅ«n ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.English : variant spelling of Laughton.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly West Midlands)
English (chiefly West Midlands) : habitational name from Lawley in Shropshire, named in Old English as ‘Lafa’s wood’, from a personal name LÄfa (from lÄf ‘remnant’, ‘survivor’) + lÄ“ah ‘wood’, ‘glade’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Lawrence.Americanized form of any of various like-sounding Jewish surnames, as for example Levenson.
Boy/Male
Australian, British, Christian, English, Latin
Of Laurentium; From the Place of the Laurel Leaves; Diminutive of Lawrence
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Celebrity, Chinese, Christian, Dutch, English, French, German, Indian, Irish, Jamaican, Latin, Portuguese
Crowned with Laurels; Form of Lawrence
Male
English
Pet form of English Lawrence, LAWRIE means "of Laurentum."
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Laurence, LAWRENCE means "of Laurentum."
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English
Son of Law or Lawrence
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Lawrence.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : variant of Lawrence.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Lawrence.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly southern)
English (chiefly southern) : patronymic from the personal name Law (pet form of Lawrence).Perhaps a reduced form of Scottish or Irish McLeish. Compare McLaws.
Male
English
Middle English short form of English Lawrence, LAW means "of Laurentum."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : name for someone who was related to an important local personality, from Middle English maugh, maw ‘relative’, especially by marriage (from Old English mÄge ‘female relative’). In the north of England this term was used more specifically to mean ‘brother-in-law’.English : topographic name from Middle English mawe ‘meadow’. Some early forms, such as Sibilla de la Mawe (Suffolk 1275), clearly indicate a topographic origin, by reason of the preposition and article.English : probably also from a Middle English personal name, Mawe, Old English MÄ“awa, perhaps originally a byname from Old English mÇ£w ‘sea mew’, ‘seagull’ (compare Mew).
Female
English
Modern English elaborated form of German Wanda, LAWANDA means "a Wend; a wanderer." A Wend was a term used to refer to migrant Slavs in the sixth century.Â
Female
Thai/Siamese
Thai name LAWAN means "beautiful."
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly southern)
English (chiefly southern) : patronymic from Law 1.
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, LAWSON means "son of Law."Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Lawrence.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : topographic name for someone who lived near a tumulus, mound or hill, Middle English lowe, from Old English hlÄw (see Law 2).Scottish and English : nickname for a short man, from Middle English lah, lowe (Old Norse lágr; the word was adopted first into the northern dialects of Middle English, where Scandinavian influence was strong, and then spread south, with regular alteration of the vowel quality).English and Scottish (of Norman origin) : nickname for a violent or dangerous person, from Anglo-Norman French lou, leu ‘wolf’ (Latin lupus). Wolves were relatively common in Britain at the time when most surnames were formed, as there still existed large tracts of uncleared forest.Scottish : from a pet form of Lawrence. Compare Lowry 1.Americanized spelling of Jewish Lowe.
INTERTEMPORAL LAW
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Girl/Female
Latin American
Just. Righteous.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Rajaram | ராஜாராம
Female
Yiddish
(יִטָ×) Yiddish form of Polish-Jewish Yetta, YITTA means "little home-ruler."
Boy/Male
American, British, Christian, English, German, Jamaican, Teutonic
Foreign Hill; Ella's Mound; Old Friend; From the Sacred Hill; From the Old Settlement; Old; Ella's Hill
Girl/Female
Hindu
Voice, Aawaj
Boy/Male
Tamil
Dattatreya | ததà¯à®¤à®¾à®¤à¯à®°à¯‡à®¯à®¾
God in Hindu religion, A God (A son of Atri)
Girl/Female
Muslim
Generosity
Girl/Female
Muslim
Reviser, Teacher, Fem of mu
Girl/Female
Afghan, Arabic, Danish, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Muslim
Acquirer; Obtainer
Boy/Male
Tamil
Raising Sun
INTERTEMPORAL LAW
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INTERTEMPORAL LAW
a.
Not subject to the laws of nature; uncontrolled.
a.
Having a lawn; characterized by a lawn or by lawns; like a lawn.
a.
Made of lawn or fine linen.
pl.
of Son-in-law
a.
Contrary to, or unauthorized by, law; illegal; as, a lawless claim.
n.
One who makes or enacts a law or system of laws; a legislator.
n.
A trader in law; one who practices law as if it were a trade.
a.
Like, or becoming, a lawyer; as, lawyerlike sagacity.
n.
A legislator; a lawgiver.
n.
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.
n.
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 advocates.
a.
Enacting laws; legislative.
a.
Alt. of Lawyerly
a.
Not subject to, or restrained by, the law of morality or of society; as, lawless men or behavior.
n.
A very fine linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric with a rather open texture. Lawn is used for the sleeves of a bishop's official dress in the English Church, and, figuratively, stands for the office itself.
n.
Going to law; litigation.
pl.
of Sister-in-law
n.
An action at law; a suit in equity or admiralty; any legal proceeding before a court for the enforcement of a claim.