Obs. In 7 lawsteed. [f. LAW sb.1 + stede STEAD, used as equivalent of L. jūstitium (f. jūs law + stāre to stand) a standing still of law.] A vacation.
1600. Holland, Livy, III. xxvii. 106. Then Quintius … proclaimeth a publicke vacation or Lawsteed. Ibid. (1606), Sueton., 124. The … King of Kings … dissolved the Societie of his great Peeres and Princes at his table: which among the Parthians is as much as a Law-steed.
