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Kānāwai (for various kinds, see Haw.-Eng. entry and entries that follow it).

• Related:
  • Code of law, kumukānāwai.
  • Lawmaking body, ʻahaʻōlelo kau kānāwai.
  • Law of the splintered paddle, Māmala-hoe, Māmala hoa.
  • Other ancient laws: ʻaumoana, kaiʻokia, kolowalu.
  • To impose a law, hoʻokānāwai.
  • To enforce a law, hoʻokō kānāwai.
  • To obey a law, mālama kānāwai, hoʻolohe kānāwai.
  • To violate a law, aʻe (aʻe kū) kānāwai, pale kauoha, uhaki kānāwai.

Kānāwai.

• Examples:
  • To break the law. Haʻihaʻi kānāwai, aʻe kānāwai. See outlaw.
  • Boyle's law, i.e. decreasing the volume of a gas will increase the pressure the gas exerts if the temperature remains constant. Ke kānāwai a Poila.
  • Charles' law, i.e. the volume of a gas increases as its temperature increases if the pressure remains constant. Ke kānāwai a Kale.
  • Civil law. Kānāwai kīwila, kānāwai sīwila.
  • Common law. Kānāwai kumu.
• References:
  • See Hawaiian entries following kānāwai and ordinance, statute.

he kanawai.

h. he kanawai, he mula.

kānāwăĭ.

Kanawai.