Definition of law. 1a (1) : a binding custom or practice of a community : a rule of conduct or action prescribed (see prescribe 1a) or formally recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority (2) : the whole body of such customs, practices, or rules The courts exist to uphold, interpret, and apply the law.
ashore adverb [not gradable]. âº toward or onto âland from an âarea of âwater, or on âland after coming from an âarea of âwater: Julie âjumped off the âboat and âswam ashore. (Definition of ashore from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary Â© Cambridge University Press). See all translations.
subâ¢maâ¢rine. 1. a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water. 2. something situated or living under the surface of the sea, as a plant or animal. 3. Chiefly Northeastern and North Midland U.S. a hero sandwich. 4. situated, occurring, operating, or living under the surface of the sea.5. of, pertaining to, or carried on by a submarine.n this spot there is a submarine valley worn by Humboldt's current, which skirts the coast of America as far as the Straits of Magellan.