law

Nouns

• (n) the collection of rules imposed by authority
  • civilization presupposes respect for the law
  • the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order
  jurisprudence,
• (n) legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity
  • there is a law against kidnapping
• (n) a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society natural law,
• (n) a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
  • the laws of thermodynamics
  law of nature,
• (n) the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do jurisprudence, legal philosophy,
• (n) 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
  practice of law,
• (n) the force of policemen and officers
  • the law came looking for him
  constabulary, police, police force,

Synonyms

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