University of Wisconsin Law School Law In Action
Law implies imposition by a sovereign authority and the obligation of obedience on the part of all subject to that authority. No man knew what his water rights were until they had been lawed over, and lawed over, and lawed over again. As to the depriving the defendant of waging his law, it was thought, the practice merited discouragement, as a temptation to perjury.
Canon law (from Greek kanon, a ‘straight measuring rod, ruler’) is a set of ordinances and regulations made by ecclesiastical authority , for the government of a Christian organisation or church and its members. It is the internal ecclesiastical law governing the Catholic Church , the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches, and the individual national churches within the Anglican Communion. The way that such church law is legislated, interpreted and at times adjudicated varies widely among these …