law
law Lexical Profile
law Game Scores & Validity
• 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.
"Every citizen is expected to abide by the law of the land."
An individual rule enacted by a legislature or other governing body as part of a legal system.
"The parliament passed a new law restricting carbon emissions from factories."
The academic discipline and profession concerned with the customs, practices, and rules of conduct of a community that are recognized as binding.
"She decided to study law at university with the goal of becoming a public defender."
A statement of fact, deduced from observation, to the effect that a particular natural or scientific phenomenon always occurs if certain conditions are present.
"Newton formulated the law of universal gravitation to explain planetary motion."
The police and other official agencies responsible for enforcing legal rules and maintaining public order (usually preceded by 'the').
"The fugitives spent months hiding from the law before turning themselves in."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English lagu, borrowed from Old Norse *lagu (plural of lag, meaning 'something laid down or fixed'), ultimately derived from the Proto-Germanic root *lagam ('to lay').