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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In bookbinding, a binding in smooth sheep or calf of pale-brown color. Also known as law-sheep, law-calf.

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Examples

  • In that sort of "sinalization," the textbook and the teacher both deliver a series of positive teachings -- law-binding, justice, peace, ... etc.

    The Politics of Fourth Grade: the Cheating Scandal Michael Turton 2006

  • The entire education system is nothing but a tool that the chinese government used to ensure Taiwanese to be "law-binding" citizen such that their government officers can gain benefit from "being out side the law."

    The Politics of Fourth Grade: the Cheating Scandal Michael Turton 2006

  • The biggest problem we really have with that is that some slip through the net, and only get a ESRB rating which isnt law-binding.

    EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Jack Thompson predicted Columbine? 2006

  • Up to the Rebellion of 1896 the placid word of the ecclesiastic, the superstitious veneration which he inspired in the ignorant native, had a greater law-binding effect than the commands of the civil functionary.

    The Philippine Islands John Foreman

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