club law (klubla)

1. Government by clubs or violence; the use of arms or force in place of law.-2. In the game of loo, a rule that when clubs are trumps no player may pa or give up his hand. clubman1 (klub'man), n.; pl. clubmen (-men). [ Alcides, surnam'd Hercules, The only clubman of his time. Soliman and Perseda , 1599. is present. Buck's Handbook of Med. Sci ., V. 98. Specifically, in entom .: (a) Clavate; dilated toward the apex: as, clubbed antennæ or tibiæ. See cut under cla vatel. (b) Forming a club: as, clubbed terminal joints of the antennæ.