law sb. (special uses are the foll.)
1.
what the law
awards 2H6 I. iii. 214.
2.
in phr. expressing
relation by marriage
Shr. IV. v. 60
“by law . . . I may
entitle thee my loving father,”
R3 IV. i. 23
“Their aunt I am in
law.”
3.
system of divine
commands and of penalties imposed for disobedience
contained in Holy Scripture
LLL. IV. iii. 364
“charity itself fulfils
the law,”
John II. i. 180
“The canon of the
law.”
