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(Encyclopedia) Phenix City fēˈnĭks [key], city (1990 pop. 25,312), a seat of Russell co., E Ala., on the Chattahoochee River opposite Columbus, Ga., in a cotton area; inc. 1883. Textiles are manufactured there. I...

(Encyclopedia) labor law, legislation dealing with human beings in their capacity as workers or wage earners. The Industrial Revolution, by introducing the machine and factory production, greatly expanded the class ...

(Encyclopedia) Megan's law, in the United States, a state or federal statute that requires the notification of public organizations and private citizens when a convicted sex offender has been released from prison an...

(Encyclopedia) Bonar Law, Andrew: see Law, Andrew Bonar. ...

(Encyclopedia) Titius-Bode law or Titius's law: see Bode's law. ...

(Encyclopedia) Faraday's law, physical law stating that the number of moles of substance produced at an electrode during electrolysis is directly proportional to the number of moles of electrons transferred at that ...

(Encyclopedia) Hooke's law: see elasticity.

(Encyclopedia) Joule's law: see thermoelectricity. ...

(Encyclopedia) Snell's law: see refraction.

(Encyclopedia) Boyle's law: see gas laws.