Less common form of hell-for-leather

The body of law concerning international trade on the high seas.

Set of rules generally regarded and accepted as binding in relations between states and between nations, serving as a framework for the practice of stable and organized international relations.

The task of ensuring obedience to the law. / The various government agencies, regarded collectively, involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals.

Related through marriage.

The "rule" that words or phrases borrowed between languages will be modified in their pronunciation as necessary to conform to the set of sounds used by the borrowing language.

A vehicle used in land sailing, consisting of little more than of a carriage and a sail.

(informal, derogatory) Any person or group crusading for a particular usage or omission within a language; also called language cops, tongue troopers.

(law) A law that exempts from legal liability a person who attempts to give reasonable aid to another person who is injured, ill, or otherwise imperiled.

simple past tense of lay siege