laws > define

noun

• The collection of rules imposed by authority.
  • usage: "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
  • synonyms: law, jurisprudence
• Legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity.
  • usage: "there is a law against kidnapping"
  • synonyms: law
• A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society.
  • synonyms: law, natural law
• A generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature.
  • usage: "the laws of thermodynamics"
  • synonyms: law, law of nature
• The branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do.
  • synonyms: jurisprudence, law, legal philosophy
• The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
  • usage: "he studied law at Yale"
  • synonyms: law, practice of law
• The force of policemen and officers.
  • usage: "the law came looking for him"
  • synonyms: police, police force, constabulary, law
• The first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit.
  • synonyms: Torah, Pentateuch