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Alkaias Law

The point at which Reductio ad absurdum reaches a point in which the argument at hand has lost all credibility
If two people are trying to make a soft drink, and one can't, but the other bottles AIDS, clearly the lack of soft drink is better than a bottle of AIDS. - Alkaias Law in effect
by Zack Vedrina August 20, 2012
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Law of 1/3rd

The ratio of people you are allowed to sleep with when drunk versus amount when sober. The drunk equivalant of sleeping with one person while sober is sleeping with three people.
Based on the Law of 1/3rd I'm not a slut, I only slept with six guys when i was drunk!
by crownman June 18, 2011
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Heine Law

That frat is just a bunch of Heine Law's. Too Bro.
by PartyBoy101 July 1, 2011
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Administrative law

The branch of law which deals with the powers and procedures of government agencies. In the United States and many other countries, this includes rulemaking (the manner in which agencies enact regulations), adjudication (the manner in which agencies resolve disputes over agencies' actions), enforcement of regulatory policy, and many issues related to due process.

Administrative law is closely related to constitutional law in that it often deals with what powers the government has and doesn't have, and in what manner government agencies may carry out the power delegated to them by the legislature.

The regulations crafted by rulemaking processes are often extremely complex, and frequently directly refer to specific scientific, technical, and financial standards (such as parts per million/billion of pollution, safety measures for certain activities, and accounting/financial reporting procedures).
Constitutional law teaches you how government is supposed to work, in theory. Administrative law, on the other hand, teaches you how it actually works, in practice.
by J-rad September 29, 2011
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Boyle's Law

In contrast to others definitions of this, the actual Boyle's law, commonly referred to as the Boyle-Mariotte Law (Mariotte's law in France, describes the relationship between pressure and volume of a confined gas.

The equation is usually written as PV = k where pressure multiplied by volume equals some constant k.

The law in simplest terms states that when the temperature of a given mass of confined gas is constant, the product of its pressure and volume is also constant.

If boyle's law is comparing the same substance under two different sets of conditions, the law can be expressed as P1V1 (1 being subscript), = P2V2 (2 being subscript). This means that as volume increases, the pressure fo a gas decreases proportionally, and vice versa.

Boyle's law can be applied, and is applied to divers. Such that if a diver takes a lung full of air while they are underwater, that air will expand in his lungs as he rises to the surface. If the diver holds his breath, or ascends too rapidly, such as comparable to a cork being opened in a quick motion, the expanding air can thereforth rupture his lungs. This is reason number one why exploring the ocean can be dangerous, save whatever creatures co-exist in the deep blue. This law can be used in tandem with Charles' Law, Gay-Lussac's Law, Henry's Law, and Dalton's law.

Boyle's Law, Charles's Law, and Gay-Lussac's law form what is known as the Combined Gas Law, or the General Gas Equation.
Person 1 to a diver: "Remember Boyle's Law. Whatever you do when surfacing, DO NOT rise quickly. Take your time."
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aunt-by-marriage-in-law

Spouse's pibling's wife.
My aunt-by-marriage-in-law is a good person.
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uncle-by-marriage-in-law

Spouse's pibling's husband.
My uncle-by-marriage-in-law is a good person.
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