law
/lô/
noun
- 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"synonyms: rules and regulations, system of laws, body of laws, constitution, legislation, code, legal code, charter, jurisprudence
- a rule defining correct procedure or behavior in a sport."the laws of the game"synonyms: rule, regulation, principle, convention, direction, instruction, guideline, practice
- 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"
- the body of divine commandments as expressed in the Bible or other religious texts.synonyms: principle, rule, precept, directive, direction, injunction, instruction, commandment, prescription, standard, criterion, belief, creed, credo, ethic, maxim, formula, tenet, doctrine, canon, mitzvah
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