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

A husband in law only, such as one who has abandoned his wife / A husband who provides legally required support, but not love or affection

A wife in law only, such as one who has abandoned her husband / A wife who provides domestic or social support, but not love or affection

Indicates disapproval of a situation.

plural of grandmother-in-law

A grandmother of one's spouse.

A grandfather of one's spouse.

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.