AT LAW Definition & Meaning

at law

[ at law ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

Law.

(of legal proceedings or remedies) under the law, sometimes according to the common law or codified law, rather than to what is fair in a particular case; by law: Compare equity defs 4a, 4b.
The will, now lost, would have benefited the whole community, but at law the next of kin is the sole heir.

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Origin of at law¹

First recorded in 1560–70

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