(law) Criminal law.

(phonology) A Proto-Indo-European phonological rule that governs the word-final sequences of a vowel, followed firstly by a semivowel or a laryngeal and then by a nasal. Such sequences are simplified so that laryngeals and semivowels are dropped, with compensatory lengthening of a preceding vowel.

The hypothesis that evolution is not reversible.

(law) The area of law pertaining to public finances.

The claim that adding manpower to a late software development project makes it even later.

(law) A branch of private law under civil-law legal systems concerning the rights and duties arising between individuals.

(law) The area of law pertaining to the rights and duties that arise from agreements.

A law stating that objects that generate retinal images of the same size will look different in physical size (linear size) if they appear to be located at different distances.

(law) The area of private law pertaining to family matters and domestic relations.

(law) The area of law pertaining to the statutory and regulatory rules applicable to taxation.