(computing) The wry observation that "Every program attempts to expand until it can read mail. Those programs which cannot so expand are replaced by ones which can."

plural of law firm

The adage that work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.

A lawyer qualified to represent in court a party to a lawsuit.

The self-referential adage that a task always takes longer than expected, even when Hofstadter's law is taken into account.

Alternative spelling of attorney-at-law

(law) A matter involving a judicial inquiry into the applicable law.

(law) An issue to be decided by the judge, concerning the application or interpretation of the law.

Alternative form of law enforcement.

A sound law operating on Balto-Slavic short vowels, according to which they lengthen before unaspirated voiced stops, and that syllable gains rising, acute accent.