lawin

He had a long-time feud with a neighbor about a piece of land and alleged trespass, and they'd been "lawin '" for years, with no definite result; but as a topic of conversation it was as fully illustrative of frontier life as the bear-fighting.

The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864

He had a long-time feud with a neighbor about a piece of land and alleged trespass, and they'd been "lawin '" for years, with no definite result; but as a topic of conversation it was as fully illustrative of frontier life as the bear-fighting.

On Horseback Charles Dudley Warner 1864

"Well, it was rill easy to manage 'em, they bein 'men an' susceptible to fascinations o 'lawin' it over somethin '.

Friendship Village Zona Gale 1906

The good woman was only heard to call to some of her assistants — “Steek the door! steek the door! kill or be killed, let naebody pass out till they hae paid the lawin.”

Rob Roy 2005

If property lawin land and in goodsalso legitimately protects the right to exclude, not just as a way of protecting the right to use but also as a way to give people enough incentive to invest time and effort, then intellectual property law does make sense even if such property is nonrivalrous.

Scrivener's Error 2003

Every Canadian who believes a right guaranteed in the Charter is infringed by an existing lawhas the right to challenge that lawin court ...

Principles and Approaches 1985

Guess even a farmer's got some rights – an 'I can afford to pay for lawin' when I need it done.

The Camp Fire Girls in the Woods, or Bessie King's First Council Fire 1914

The old man is lawin 'with Judge Thatcher about Huck's money, and

Mitch Miller Edgar Lee Masters 1909

The good woman was only heard to call to some of her assistants --- ` ` Steek the door! steek the door! kill or be killed, let naebody pass out till they hae paid the lawin. ''

Rob Roy 1887

They 'lowed ez Luke Todd an' Sam Peters kem hyar -- 'twar jes night before las' -- aimin 'ter take the mare away' thout no words an 'no lawin', 'kase they didn't want ter wait.

'way Down In Lonesome Cove 1895 Mary Noailles Murfree 1886