Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One being within or restored to the protection and benefit of the law.
- To clear of outlawry or attainder; restore to the protection and benefit of the law.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb (Old Eng. Law) To clear of outlawry or attainder; to place under the protection of the law.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
in-law . - verb UK, law, historical, transitive To
clear ofoutlawry orattainder ; to place under theprotection of thelaw .
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Examples
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Your inlaw is most likely not respected at all in his community.
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My brother inlaw is a CFO and he doesn’t work 65-70 hours a week.
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My brother inlaw is a CFO and he doesn’t work 65-70 hours a week.
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My brother inlaw is a CFO and he doesn’t work 65-70 hours a week. jmunny can’t do math, so it takes him much longer to do his job.
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My sister and brother inlaw graduated from UofI some 25 or so years ago.
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My sister and brother inlaw graduated from UofI some 25 or so years ago.
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I think it would be anachronistic to apply this distinction back in 1868 when the legal distinction simply did not exist inlaw.
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I am from central Pa and me and my father-inlaw are interested in hunting S.E. Ohio for whitetails this year as I said we are new to hunting Ohio and just looking to get started in this area.
S.E. 2009
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As the decision you quoted from states itself, the statute must have a “substantial relationship” to government interest in order to defend sex-based discrimination or differential treatment inlaw.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Recent Michigan Prosecutions for “Seducing an Unmarried Woman” 2010
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Or is recognizing logically unsound arguments not all that salient inlaw?
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