Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see feudal, law.

plural of lemon law

A law or rule that excludes women from the line of succession to a throne or other public office.

Indicates disapproval of a situation.

An adage which states that if anything can go wrong, then it will at the worst possible moment.

(law, uncountable) A system of law centered on the sacred character of the cosmos. / (law, countable) An individual law of this kind.

(law) The body of now archaic legal terms used in the United Kingdom descended from the Anglo-Norman dialect of Old French.

(law) The area of law pertaining to the relationships between private persons (natural or legal persons including corporations), as opposed to relations between the state and private persons.

(chemistry) The principle that chemical properties of the elements are periodic functions of their atomic numbers

The humorous remark, attributed to science-fiction author Theodore Sturgeon, that "ninety percent of everything is crap".