A generalized spiritual doctrine that claims love of a deity or love within the context of other spiritual virtues as moral duty.

A sound law operating on Balto-Slavic short vowels, according to which they lengthen before unaspirated voiced stops, and that syllable gains rising, acute accent.

A Balto-Slavic sound law stating that the inherited Proto-Indo-European stress would retract to a non-ablauting pretonic vowel or a syllabic sonorant if it was followed by a consonantal (non-syllabic) laryngeal that closed the preceding syllable.

(law) The body of international law that concerns the principles and rules by which public entities, especially states, interact in maritime matters, including navigational rights, sea mineral rights, and coastal waters jurisdiction.

(law) A matter involving a judicial inquiry into the applicable law.

(law) An issue to be decided by the judge, concerning the application or interpretation of the law.

Alternative form of law enforcement.

(informal) mother-in-law

(informal) mother-in-law

plural of mum-in-law