A surname originating as a patronymic. / A male given name Diminutive of Lawrence.

A topographic surname from Old English, perhaps originally meaning someone who lives near a burial mound. / (Scotland) a conical hill

(Judaism) the five Books of Moses, particularly the commandments in it, as well as their specification in the Mishnah and their further interpretation in later religious literature

(often in the plural) A relative by marriage (or through affinity). / Sometimes specifically a parent-in-law of one's child, for which the dedicated terms co-mother-in-law, co-father-in-law are rare.

(dialectal or obsolete) A score; share of expense; legal charge.

(obsolete) A tumulus of stones. / (Northern England, Scotland, archaic) A hill.

(obsolete) To work as a lawyer; to practice law. / (transitive, intransitive, chiefly dialectal) To prosecute or sue (someone), to litigate.

(dated) An exclamation of mild surprise; lawks.

The body of such rules that pertain to a particular topic. / Common law, as contrasted with equity. / A binding regulation or custom established in a community in this way.

(transitive) To cut off the claws and balls of (e.g. a dog's forefeet, to hinder it from hunting).