By law

Another word for "technically."

Teacher: You didn't show your work on the homework
Student: It doesn't say "show your work," so by law I don't have to

by malignanttumour May 13, 2019

By law of dibs

it is the true laws of all that is dibbed and is absolute

by law of dibs the phone is mine.

by BurgerBoss March 26, 2022

By law of dibs

it is the true laws of all that is dibbed and is absolute

by law of dibs the phone is mine.

by BurgerBoss March 26, 2022

Down by Law

According to Jim Jarmusch, director of the film by this name: "Down by law, at the time in the mid-80s, was kind of in use on the streets as meaning a very close connection with somebody. If somebody was down by law, they were close to you or you would protect them. I know that, earlier, in prison slang, if somebody was down by law, and they got out before you, they would contact your family or look after people outside if you needed them to. So it meant something very close or a code. I really liked the contradiction of that, being something that sounds like being oppressed by the law, which of course under that condition is where the slang came from. So, I liked that contradiction of it. And I liked it also in terms of the film being contradictory in that they are oppressed by the law but they also become down by law with each other."

Jimmy ain't gonna rat on me. We're down by law.

by UnfrozenCaveman September 28, 2014

brother by law

The relation that results from your sister marrying a meathead. AKA: bromo, the inconvenient meeting of brother-in-law and homo.

"My brother by law is such a bromo, he is in a Wham! "tribute" band, drives a mid 80s Dodge Charger, and has been to see Mamma Mia in the theater --- three times."
"What a choad that guy is."

by nolajohn May 19, 2009

required by LAW

Mandated due to your having a Light Anti-Tank Weapon ("LAW") rocket aimed at you.

Osama bin Laden has zero concern about the legality/ethics of his terrorist actions; the only time he'll practice reasonable behavior is if it's required by LAW, i.e., if he's actually lookin' down the snout of an anti-tank rocket.

by QuacksO March 4, 2018

legally by law

when something is or becomes legal, based on stipulations by a law.

Im just kidding, it doesnt mean shit. It's really just a heavily over used phrase we use to sound smart. 50% of the time it works all the time.

It's like going to Mcdonalds and ordering a cheeseburger with cheese.

"It's not my fault you signed docs on an A.R.M, your house payment is now $6080.27, and that's not something that was just made up. You owe it, legally by law "

by Rob$ June 26, 2008