ppl. a. Sc. Obs. [f. LAW sb.1 + pres. pple. of BIDE v. to await.]
1. ‘Waiting the regular course of law’ (Jam.).
2. Skene, De Verb. Sign., s.v. Recognition, Gif the vassall is fugitive for slauchter, and not law bidand, the superiour may [etc.].
2. a. Standing good in law. b. Able to answer an accusation.
1637. Rutherford, Lett. (1862), I. 268. I cannot take God’s word without a caution as if Christ had lost and sold His credit and were not in my books responsal and lawbiding.
1755. Guthrie’s Trial, 112 (Jam.). The soul is pursued for guilt more or less, and is not law-biding; Christ Jesus is the city of refuge.
