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Lawton Chiles
Lawton Chiles was an American Democratic politician who served Florida as a US senator from 1971 to 1989 and as its 41st governor until his death in office in 1998.
Lawton, Oklahoma
Lawton, Oklahoma: county seat of Comanche County, founded August 6, 1901 in the Kiowa-Comanche-Apache land lottery and named for Major General Henry Ware Lawton; about 90,500 residents, anchored by Fort Sill.
Lawu
Lawu (Gunung Lawu, Lawoe), 3,265 m stratovolcano on the Central Java–East Java border, Indonesia; no confirmed eruptions (1885 and 1752 events discredited), fumarolic south flank, sacred mountain with Sukuh temple, excluded from geothermal work areas.
Lawyer
A lawyer, also called a counselor at law, is a person qualified to advise and represent others on legal matters, including court proceedings and transactions.
Lawyer Lawyer (算死草)
Lawyer Lawyer (算死草) is a 1997 Hong Kong comedy directed by Joe Ma, starring Stephen Chow as litigation master Chan Mong-gut, who defends his apprentice in a British courtroom.
LawZero Canada–Germany funding
LawZero Canada–Germany funding is a joint commitment of up to CAD $300 million announced in September 2026 to fund Yoshua Bengio's Montréal-based AI safety nonprofit LawZero.
Lax entropy condition
The Lax entropy condition is an admissibility criterion, introduced by Peter D. Lax in the 1950s, selecting the physically meaningful weak solution of a hyperbolic conservation law.
Lax pair
A Lax pair is a pair of linear operators or matrices whose compatibility condition reproduces a nonlinear evolution equation, making the eigenvalues of L conserved quantities.
Laxative
Laxatives are medicines that help pass stools, used for constipation, bowel preparation, and opioid-related constipation. Four main types (bulk-forming, osmotic, stool softener, stimulant) differ in onset from 6 hours to 3 days; overuse risks dependency.
Laxdæla saga
Laxdæla saga, the Saga of the People of Laxardal, is a thirteenth-century Icelandic family saga written in Old Norse, set mostly in western Iceland and centered on Guðrún Ósvífursdóttir.
Laxiwa hydroelectric plant
Laxiwa hydroelectric plant (拉西瓦水电站) is a 4,200 MW hydroelectric station on the Yellow River in Qinghai Province, China, first generating power in 2009 behind a 250 m arch dam.
Laxman expedition to Japan
The Laxman expedition (ラクスマン来航) was the first official Russian embassy to Japan, sent under Adam Laxman in 1792 to return shipwrecked castaways and seek trade.
Laxman Mane
Laxman Mane (लक्ष्मण बापू माने, Laxman Bapu Mane), born 1949, is a Marathi writer from Maharashtra whose autobiography Upara, a foundational Dalit work, won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1981.
Laxman Narasimhan
Laxman Narasimhan, born in Pune, India, in 1967, is an Indian-born American executive who led Reckitt from 2019 to 2022 and Starbucks from March 2023 until his removal in August 2024.
Laxman Savadi
Laxman Savadi is an Indian politician with the Indian National Congress who serves as Karnataka's Co-operation minister, represents Athani in the assembly, and earlier served as Deputy Chief Minister.
Laxman Utekar
Laxman Utekar, Indian film director and cinematographer from Mumbai, known for Luka Chuppi, Mimi, Zara Hatke Zara Bachke, and the ₹800-crore historical Chhaava (2025); upcoming Eetha (2026).
Laxmi Agarwal (लक्ष्मी अग्रवाल)
Laxmi Agarwal (लक्ष्मी अग्रवाल), born 1990, Indian acid attack survivor whose 2006 Supreme Court PIL led to the 2013 acid-sale regulations; International Women of Courage laureate and subject of Chhapaak.
Laxmi Kant Bajpai
Laxmi Kant Bajpai, also spelled Laxmikant Bajpai or Laxmikant Bajpayee, is an Indian BJP politician who has represented Uttar Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha since 2022.
Laxmi Narayan Tripathi (लक्ष्मी नारायण त्रिपाठी)
Laxmi Narayan Tripathi (लक्ष्मी नारायण त्रिपाठी) is an Indian transgender activist, Bharatanatyam dancer, author, and Kinnar Akhara acharya mahamandaleshwar; first transgender Asia-Pacific UN representative (2008) and NALSA third-gender petitioner.
Laxmi Prasad Devkota (लक्ष्मीप्रसाद देवकोटा)
Laxmi Prasad Devkota (लक्ष्मीप्रसाद देवकोटा; 1909–1959), Nepal's Mahakavi, wrote Muna Madan and Shakuntala Mahakavya; 346 cataloged works spanning epics, poems, essays, and songs.
Laxmi Rajwade
Laxmi Rajwade is an Indian BJP politician who serves as a minister in the Government of Chhattisgarh, holding the Women and Child Development and Social Welfare portfolios.
Laxmi Verma
Laxmi Verma is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician who has represented Chhattisgarh in the Rajya Sabha since 2026, after serving in Raipur local government.
Laxmii
Laxmii (लक्ष्मी), originally Laxmmi Bomb, is a 2020 Hindi horror-comedy directed by Raghava Lawrence, remaking his Tamil film Kanchana. Akshay Kumar plays a man possessed by a murdered transgender woman's ghost; released on Disney+ Hotstar, it scored 2.6/10 on IMDb.
Laxmikant Berde (लक्ष्मीकांत बेर्डे)
Laxmikant Berde (लक्ष्मीकांत बेर्डे), nickname Lakshya (1954–2004), was an Indian actor of Marathi theatre and cinema and Hindi comic supporting roles; star of Tur Tur, Dhoom Dhadaka, Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi, and Maine Pyar Kiya, paired famously with Ashok Saraf.
Laxmikant Nishad
Laxmikant Nishad, born in 1974, is an Indian politician of the Samajwadi Party who represents Sant Kabir Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, in the 18th Lok Sabha.
Laxmikant–Pyarelal
Laxmikant–Pyarelal (लक्ष्मीकांत-प्यारेलाल), Hindi film composer duo of Laxmikant Kudalkar (1937–1998) and Pyarelal Sharma (born 1940); debuted with Parasmani (1963), won 7 Filmfare Best Music awards with a record 25 nominations, composed for several hundred films.
Lay Bankz
Lay Bankz (Layia Watkins, born 2004) is a Philadelphia rapper and singer of Eritrean descent on Artist Partner Group whose TikTok-viral "Ick" and 2024 single "Tell Ur Girlfriend" (Hot 100 No. 58) made her a 2024 XXL Freshman.
Lay judge
Lay judge: a person without legal training who decides cases alongside professional judges in mixed tribunals (Germany's Schöffen, Japan's saiban-in) or on all-lay panels like English magistrates, used in about two-thirds of countries.
Lay judges in Japan
Saiban-in (裁判員) are Japan's lay judges: citizens who sit with three professional judges in serious criminal trials, deciding guilt and sentencing together by majority since May 21, 2009, with safeguards requiring a judge in any defendant-adverse majority.
Lay Zhang (张艺兴)
Lay Zhang (张艺兴), born 1991 in Changsha, is a Chinese singer, producer, and actor who debuted with EXO/EXO-M in 2012, created M-POP fusion music, founded Chromosome Entertainment, and won Huading and China-UK film acting awards.