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- noun US Any one of a series of
laws , passed before the American Civil War, sharplydiscriminating against freenegroes who wished toemigrate to a northern state and becomecitizens thereof.
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No one will know that we were pilgrims beside the Font Stone, Covenanters at Wolf Craig, and Old Mortality where the grave is on Black Law, and the battlefield of Rullion Green.
Jacob's Ladder Mackay, Colin 2003
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Wind turbines are silhouetted against the sun at Black Law wind farm on January 29, 2010 in Black Law, Scotland.
ABC 4: Top Stories 2010
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According to Scottish Power the Black Law turbine farm in South Lanarkshire will be the biggest onshore project in the UK.
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There are 64 wind farms in Scotland, the largest being Black Law in Lanarkshire, Braes of Doune near Stirling, Farr near Inverness, and Hadyard Hill in South Ayrshire, which was the first UK wind farm able to generate more than 100 megawatts of energy.
unknown title 2009
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