English

lawbot

From law + bot.

A compound of law + bot

Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- ‘to lie’

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Old Norse lag ‘layer, stratum, a laying in order’

Old Norse lǫg ‘law’

Old English lagu ‘law’

Middle English lawe ‘law’

English law

Scottish Gaelic boiteag ‘maggot’

English bot

Today it means

noun A piece of software designed to complete minor but repetitive legal tasks automatically or on command.

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