law

Definitions of law in various dictionaries:

noun - the collection of rules imposed by authority

noun - legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity

noun - a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society

noun - a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature

noun - the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do

noun - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system

noun - the force of policemen and officers

A rule of conduct or procedure established by custom, agreement, or authority.

The body of rules and principles governing the affairs of a community and enforced by a political authority; a legal system: international law.

The condition of social order and justice created by adherence to such a system: a breakdown of law and civilized behavior.

A set of rules or principles dealing with a specific area of a legal system: tax law; criminal law.

A piece of enacted legislation.

The system of judicial administration giving effect to the laws of a community: All citizens are equal before the law.

Legal action or proceedings; litigation: submit a dispute to law.

An impromptu or extralegal system of justice substituted for established judicial procedure: frontier law.

An agency or agent responsible for enforcing the law.

A police officer.

The science and study of law; jurisprudence.

Knowledge of law.

The profession of an attorney.

Something, such as an order or a dictum, having absolute or unquestioned authority: The commander’s word was law.

The body of principles or precepts held to express the divine will, especially as revealed in the Bible: Mosaic Law.

The first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures.

A code of principles based on morality, conscience, or nature.

A rule or custom generally established in a particular domain: the unwritten laws of good sportsmanship.

A way of life: the law of the jungle.

A formulation describing a relationship observed to be invariable between or among phenomena for all cases in which the specified conditions are met: the law of gravity.

A generalization based on consistent experience or results: the law of supply and demand; the law of averages.

A general principle or rule that is assumed or that has been proven to hold between expressions.

A principle of organization, procedure, or technique: the laws of grammar; the laws of visual perspective.

verb - to take a complaint to court for settlement

LAW - Law is a system of rules that are created and enforced through social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior. Law is a system that regulat...