LAW
WordNet
noun
(1) The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system
"He studied law at Yale"
(2) A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
(3) A generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
"The laws of thermodynamics"
(4) The branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
(5) Legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity
"There is a law against kidnapping"
(6) The force of policemen and officers
"The law came looking for him"
(7) The collection of rules imposed by authority
"Civilization presupposes respect for the law"
"The great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
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Etymology
From , from Proto-Norse }, (pl.)
Noun
- The body of rules and standards issued by a government, or to be applied by courts and similar authorities.
- By law, one is not allowed to own a wallaby in New York City.
- A particular such rule.
- It is against the law to drive on that road.
- A written or understood rule that concerns behaviours and the appropriate consequences thereof. Laws are usually associated with mores.
- "Mind your own business" is a good law to follow.
- A one-sided contract.
- A well-established, observed physical characteristic or behavior of nature.
- Newton and Einstein understood the law of gravitation in very different ways.
- A statement that is true under specified conditions.
- A category of English "common law" petitions that request monetary relief, as opposed to relief in forms other than a monetary judgment; compare to "equity".
- One of the official rules of cricket as codified by the MCC.
- The police.
- Here comes the law — run!