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

plural of mom-in-law

(political science) The principle that plurality-rule elections (such as first past the post) structured within single-member districts tend to favour a two-party system, and that "the double-ballot majority system and proportional representation tend to favor multipartism."