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   Law

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   noun

   • 1. the system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties: "they were taken to court for breaking the law" Similar rules and regulationssystem of lawsbody of lawsconstitutionlegislationcodelegal codecharterjurisprudenceOpposite anarchy
   • ▪ an individual rule as part of a system of law: "an initiative to tighten up the laws on pornography" Similar regulationstatuteenactmentactbilldecreeedictrulerulingresolutionpromulgationmeasuremotiondictumcommandorderstipulationcommandmentdirectivepronouncementratificationproclamationdictatediktatfiatcovenantdemandbylawordinanceukasepronunciamento
   • ▪ systems of law as a subject of study or as the basis of the legal profession: "he was still practicing law" Similar the legal professionthe barbarristers and solicitors collectively
   • ▪ statutory law and the common law. Similar rules and regulationssystem of lawsbody of lawsconstitutionlegislationcodelegal codecharterjurisprudenceOpposite anarchy
   • ▪ a thing regarded as having the binding force or effect of a formal system of rules: "what he said was law"
   • ▪ the police: informal "he'd never been in trouble with the law in his life" Similar the policethe officers of the lawthe forces of law and orderlaw-enforcement officerspolice officerspolicemenpolicewomenthe police forcethe constabularyinformal:the copsthe fuzzthe boys in bluethe long arm of the lawthe (Old) Billthe bobbiesthe busiesthe bizziesthe coppersthe rozzersthe forceplodPC Plodthe heatinformal, derogatory:the pigsthe filthBabylon
   • 2. a rule defining correct procedure or behavior in a sport: "the laws of the game" Similar ruleregulationprincipleconventiondirectioninstructionguidelinepractice
   • 3. 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"
   • ▪ a generalization based on a fact or event perceived to be recurrent: "the first law of American corporate life is that dead wood floats"
   • 4. the body of divine commandments as expressed in the Bible or other religious texts. Similar principlerulepreceptdirectivedirectioninjunctioninstructioncommandmentprescriptionstandardcriterionbeliefcreedcredoethicmaximformulatenetdoctrinecanonmitzvah
   • ▪ the Pentateuch as distinct from the other parts of the Hebrew Bible (the Prophets and the Writings).
   • ▪ the precepts of the Pentateuch.

   Word Origin Old Englishlagu, from Old Norse lag ‘something laid down or fixed’, of Germanic origin and related to lay1.

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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › lawLaw Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of LAW is a binding custom or practice of a community : a rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority. How to use law in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Law.

3. www.dictionary.com › browse › lawLAW Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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   Law definition: the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision.. See examples of LAW used in a sentence.

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishLAW | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Add to word list. [ C/U ] a rule made by a government that states how people may and may not behave in society and in business, and that often orders particular punishments if they do not obey, or a system of such rules: [ U ] civil / criminal law. [ U ] federal / state law.

5. judiciallearningcenter.org › law-and-the-rule-of-Why Do We Need Laws? | The Judicial Learning Center

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   Where do they come from? What happens when we break them? These are the questions this page will seek to answer for you. LAW. aws are rules that bind all people living in a community. Laws protect our general safety, and ensure our rights as citizens against abuses by other people, by organizations, and by the government itself.

6. plato.stanford.edu › entries › lawphil-natureThe Nature of Law - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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   May 27, 2001 · In other words, it is the attempt to explain the moral legitimacy of law and the subjects’ reasons for complying with it. A theory about the nature of law, as opposed to critical theories of law, concentrates on the first of these two questions. It purports to explain what the normativity of law actually consists in.

7. www.britannica.com › dictionary › lawLaw Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

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   LAW meaning: 1 : the whole system or set of rules made by the government of a town, state, country, etc.; 2 : a particular kind of law

8. www.britannica.com › topic › constitutional-lawConstitutional law | Definition, Examples, Types, Sources ...

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   Mar 23, 2024 · constitutional law, the body of rules, doctrines, and practices that govern the operation of political communities. In modern times the most important political community has been the state. Modern constitutional law is the offspring of nationalism as well as of the idea that the state must protect certain fundamental rights of the individual.