Science that studies the complex of rules fixed by law or custom which regulate social relations.
A body of rules of action or conduct prescribed by a legislative authority, and having binding legal force.
the branch of philosophy concerned with the law
one of a set of rules governing a particular activity or a legal document setting forth such a rule; "there is a law against kidnapping"
the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"
a generalization based on recurring facts or events (in science or mathematics etc): "the laws of thermodynamics
a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
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"
the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking for him"
a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature; "the laws of thermodynamics"
the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity; "there is a law against kidnapping"
the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system
a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity
the force of policemen and officers
the collection of rules imposed by authority
Synonyms for the word law
act
bylaw
commandment
constabulary
decree
directive
edict
formula
jurisprudence
law of nature
legal philosophy
natural law
police
police force
practice of law
principle
regulation
rule
ruling
theory
Similar words in the law
law
law's
lawanda
lawanda's
lawbreaker
lawbreaker's
lawbreakers
lawful
lawfully
lawfulness
lawfulness's
lawgiver
lawgiver's
lawgivers
lawless
lawlessly
lawlessness
lawlessness's
lawmaker
lawmaker's
lawmakers
lawns
lawrence
lawrence's
lawrencium
lawrencium's
laws
lawson
lawson's
lawsuit
lawsuit's
lawsuits
Meronymys for the word law
jurisprudence
law
officer
platoon
police officer
policeman
theory
Hyponyms for the word law
administrative law
admiralty law
all-or-none law
anti-drug law
anti-racketeering law
antitrust law
antitrust legislation
Archimedes' principle
Avogadro's hypothesis
Avogadro's law
Benford's law
Bernoulli's law
blue law
blue sky law
Bose-Einstein statistics
Boyle's law
canon law
case law
Charles's law
civil law
commercial law
common law
constitution
contract law
corporation law
Coulomb's Law
Dalton's law
Dalton's law of partial pressures
distribution law
divine law
ecclesiastical law
equilibrium law
European Law Enforcement Organisation
Europol
exclusion principle
Fechner's law
Fermi-Dirac statistics
fundamental law
gag law
Gay-Lussac's law
gendarmerie
gendarmery
Henry's law
homestead law
Hooke's law
Hubble law
Hubble's law
international law
Islamic law
Kepler's law
Kepler's law of planetary motion
Kirchhoff's laws
law merchant
law of Archimedes
law of averages
law of chemical equilibrium
law of constant proportion
law of definite proportions
law of diminishing returns
law of effect
law of equivalent proportions
law of gravitation
law of large numbers
law of mass action
Law of Moses
law of motion
law of multiple proportions
law of nations
law of partial pressures
law of reciprocal proportions
law of the land
law of thermodynamics
law of volumes
Mariotte's law
maritime law
martial law
matrimonial law
Mendel's law
Mendeleev's law
mercantile law
military law
Mosaic law
Mounties
Mutawa
Mutawa'een
New Scotland Yard
Newton's law
Newton's law of gravitation
Newton's law of motion
Ohm's law
organic law
Pascal's law
Pascal's law of fluid pressures
patent law
Pauli exclusion principle
periodic law
Planck's law
Planck's radiation law
poor law
posse
posse comitatus
power law
precedent
principle
principle of relativity
prohibition
public law
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