law

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noun
noun: law; noun: the law
1. 1.
the system of rules that a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the
actions of its members and may enforce by the imposition of penalties.
"they were taken to court for breaking the law"
o an individual rule as part of a system of law.
plural noun: laws
"an initiative to tighten up the laws on pornography"
syno
nyms
:
regulation, statute, enactment, act, bill, decree, edict, bylaw, rule,ruling, ordinance, dictum,
command, order, directive,pronouncement, proclamation, dictate, fiat More
o systems of law as a subject of study or as the basis of the legal profession.
"he was still practicing law"
synonyms: the legal profession, the bar More
o a thing regarded as having the binding force or effect of a formal system of rules.
"what he said was law"
o informal
the police.
"he'd never been in trouble with the law in his life"
o statutory law and the common law.
o a rule defining correct procedure or behavior in a sport.
"the laws of the game"
synonyms: rule, regulation, principle, convention, instruction, guideline More
2. 2.
a statement of fact, deduced from observation, to the effect that a particular natural or
scientific phenomenon always occurs if certain conditions are present.
"the second law of thermodynamics"
o a generalization based on a fact or event perceived to be recurrent.
"the first law of American corporate life is that dead wood floats"
3. 3.
the body of divine commandments as expressed in the Bible or other religious texts.
synony
ms:
principle, rule, precept, directive, injunction, commandment, belief,creed, credo, maxim,
tenet, doctrine, canon More
o the Pentateuch as distinct from the other parts of the Hebrew Bible (the Prophets
and the Writings).
noun: Law; noun: the Law
o the precepts of the Pentateuch.
plural noun: the Law of Moses