(idiomatic) Exempt from the laws that apply to everyone else.

(physics) The quantitative relationship between the quantity of heat produced in a conductor and the electric current flowing through it.

(astronomy) The three laws of planetary motion discovered by Kepler in the early 17th century, stating that (i) the orbit of a planet is an ellipse with the Sun at one of the two foci, (ii) a line segment joining a planet and the Sun sweeps out equal areas during equal intervals of time, and (iii) the square of the orbital period of a planet is proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis of its orbit.

plural of mother-in-law

(physics) a law of electromagnetic induction which states that an electromotive force, induced in a conductor, is always in such a direction that the current it would produce would oppose the change which caused it; it is a form of the law of conservation of energy

Obeying the laws of society; not a lawbreaker; without a criminal record.

plural of father-in-law

(law) The area of law that deals with ships at sea and the rights of sailors, passengers, and owners of cargo.

(chemistry) Any of the laws of nature that are relevant to chemistry.

(law) the area of law concerned with the ownership and conveyance of property rights and title. / The formal course in property law required of most first-year law school students in common-law systems.