If James didn't get all the Lawing in Alton County they would all starve to death-which would be hard on the constitution of old lady Hargrove, and her two hundred-weight."
"The Tinder-Box"
Maria Thompson Daviess
Mrs. Newbolt was there already, awaiting him at the railing which divided the lawyers from the lawed, Lawing, and, in some cases, outlawed.
"The Bondboy"
George W. (George Washington) Ogden
He wanted them to listen to him carefully, to remember what he said, for it was important; it might be a matter of "Lawing" hereafter,-and he couldn't be always repeating it to them,-he would have enough to do.
"A First Family of Tasajara"
Bret Harte