单词 | land's law |
释义 | > as lemmasland's law a. law of the land ( †land's law: see land-law n. 1): see law n.1 land of promise (†promission, †repromission, †behest), promised land: see promise n., etc. land of cakes (Sc.): see cake n. 1b. See also Holy Land n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Near East, Middle East, and Asia Minor > [noun] > Middle East > Israel land of behesta1200 Holy Land1297 land of promise (promission, repromission, behest)c1300 Jewryc1384 c1300 St. Brandan 76 Bifore the ȝates of Paradys in the Lond of Biheste. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) Pref. 1 Þe land of repromission, þat men calles þe Haly Land. a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xvi. sig. e.viiv Duke Iosue..Ledynge the Isrehelytes to the lande of promyssyon. 1754 E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. II. xxiv. 271 The Lowlanders call their Part of the Country the Land of Cakes. a1846 J. Imlah Land o' Cakes (song) An' fill ye up and toast the cup, The land o' cakes for ever. land's law 1. (Also †land's law.) The law of a land or country; the ‘law of the land’. ΘΚΠ society > law > branch of the law > [noun] > law of the land or municipal law land-rightOE land's lawc1000 common lawa1393 civil law?1541 municipal law?c1550 municipals1586 c1000 Rect. Sing. Pers. c. 4 in R. Schmid Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen (1832) 376 Ðeos landlagu stænt on suman lande. c1000 Rect. Sing. Pers. c. 21 in R. Schmid Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen (1832) 382 Landlaga syn mistlice, swa ic ær..sæde. c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 132 To stryue and plede for worldly possessions by londis lawe. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 12095 Þat he yu ne luue mare þan lands lau. 1829 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 230 It's the fashion here for decent bodies, and ilka land has its ain land-law. < as lemmas |
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