Lawing
[lɔ:ɪŋ]
Definition
(n.) Going to law; litigation.
(n.) Expeditation.
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Examples
- By what I can understan', they could take every penny off him, if they went to lawing. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- If they come to lawing, and it's all true as folks say, there's more to be looked to nor money, said the glazier. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The disabling dogs, which might be necessary for keeping flocks and herds, from running at the deer, was called lawing, and was in general use. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Such lawing also shall be done by the assize commonly used, and which is, that three claws shall be cut off without the ball of the right foot. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
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