law

Definition of law in English English dictionary
Lawspan>: a conical hill
Lawspan>: A topographic surname, perhaps originally meaning someone who lives near a burial mound
Lawspan>: A patronymic surname
lawspan>: A well-established, observed physical characteristic or behavior of nature
Newton and Einstein understood the law of gravitation in very different ways.
lawspan>: A category of English "common law" petitions that request monetary relief, as opposed to relief in forms other than a monetary judgment; compare to "equity"
lawspan>: a tumulus of stones
lawspan>: A statement that is true under specified conditions
lawspan>: One of the official rules of cricket as codified by the MCC
lawspan>: The police
Here comes the law — run!.
lawspan>: The body of rules and standards issued by a government, or to be applied by courts and similar authorities
By law, one is not allowed to own a wallaby in New York City.
lawspan>: a hill
You might climb the Law and behold the face of many counties. (Robert Louis Stevenson Across the Plains, 1892).
lawspan>: A particular such rule
A new law forbids driving on that road.
lawspan>: A one-sided contract
lawspan>: A written or understood rule that concerns behaviours and the appropriate consequences thereof. Laws are usually associated with mores
Do unto others as you wish them to do unto you is a good law to follow.
lawless: Not governed by any law
lawlessness: defiance of the law; outlawry
lawlessness: a lack of law and order; anarchy
lawspan>: {n} a rule, order, judicial process, justice
lawful: {a} conformable to law, just, right, proper
lawfully: {a} in a lawful manner, fitly, safely
lawfulness: {n} the allowance of law, law, justice
lawless: {a} contrary or not subject to law, disorderly
lawlessly: {a} in a lawless manner
lawlessness: {n} a state of being without restraint
LAWspan>: (Silahlar) Light Antitank Weapon
A lawspan>: lay
A lawspan>: statute
LAWspan>: portable light anti-tank weapon made in United States
Lawspan>: the Torah
Lawspan>: a generic term which can refer to the Divine commandments (primarily the Decalogue), the Old Testament in general or, most specifically, the Torah
Lawspan>: a diminutive of Lawrence
Lawspan>: an English surname
Lawspan>: an English topographic surname, perhaps originally meaning someone who lives near a burial mound
Lawspan>: genteel
Lawspan>: ley
Lawful: licit
Lawfulness: legality
Lawless: irregulous
lawspan>: The law is a system of rules that a society or government develops in order to deal with crime, business agreements, and social relationships. You can also use the law to refer to the people who work in this system. Obscene and threatening phone calls are against the law They are seeking permission to begin criminal proceedings against him for breaking the law on financing political parties There must be changes in the law quickly to stop this sort of thing ever happening to anyone else The book analyses why women kill and how the law treats them
lawspan>: Collectively, the whole body of rules relating to one subject, or emanating from one source; including usually the writings pertaining to them, and judicial proceedings under them; as, divine law; English law; Roman law; the law of real property; insurance law
lawspan>: All the official rules and codes that govern citizens' actions, including the Constitution, statutory laws enacted by the Legislature, case laws established by court decisions, and administrative law as set forth by executive branch agencies
lawspan>: Laws are rules that everyone in a country has to abide by
lawspan>: The combination of those rules and principles of conduct promulgated by legislative authority, derived from court decisions and established by local custom
lawspan>: 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"
lawspan>: The law of averages is the idea that something is sure to happen at some time, because of the number of times it generally happens or is expected to happen. On the law of averages we just can't go on losing
lawspan>: Body of recognized rules of conduct and order established and enforced by government
lawspan>: Any edict, decree, order, ordinance, statute, resolution, judicial, decision, usage, etc
lawspan>: If you have to do something by law or if you are not allowed to do something by law, the law states that you have to do it or that you are not allowed to do it. By law all restaurants must display their prices outside
lawspan>: an act or bill which has become part of the legal code through passage by Congress and approval by the President (or via Congressional override)
lawspan>: Law is used to refer to a particular branch of the law, such as criminal law or company (Hukuk) He was a professor of criminal law at Harvard University law school Important questions of constitutional law were involved
lawspan>: The Jewish or Mosaic code, and that part of Scripture where it is written, in distinction from the gospel; hence, also, the Old Testament
lawspan>: Same as Lawe, v
lawspan>: A statement that describes a natural phenomenon; a principle
lawspan>: In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling regulation; the mode or order according to which an agent or a power acts
lawspan>: Sod's law: see sod. Canadian-born British politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer (1916-1918) and prime minister (1922-1923). Scottish financier active in France, where he engaged in highly profitable speculation on the development of Louisiana. The investment scheme ultimately collapsed, and he fled the country in ruin (1720). Discipline and profession concerned with the customs, practices, and rules of conduct that are recognized as binding by the community. Enforcement of the body of rules is through a controlling authority, such as a group of elders, a regent, a court, or a judiciary. Comparative law is the study of the differences, similarities, and interrelationships of different systems of (Hukuk) Important areas in the study and practice of law include administrative law, antitrust law, business law, constitutional law, criminal law, environmental law, family law, health law, immigration law, intellectual property law, international law, labour law, maritime law, procedural law, property law, public interest law, tax law, trusts and estates, and torts. See also Anglo-Saxon law; canon law; civil law; common law; equity; Germanic law; Indian law; Islamic law (Sharah); Israeli law; Japanese law; jurisprudence; military law; Roman law; Scottish law; Soviet (Hukuk) administrative law Ampère's law Anglo Saxon law Anti Corn Law League antitrust law associative law Avogadro's law blue law Bode's law Bragg law business law mercantile law commercial law canon law Chinese law civil law common law common law marriage commutative law conservation law law of conservation Coulomb's law covering law model criminal law cuneiform law diminishing returns law of distributive law Egyptian law estate law fair trade law Falloux Law faunal succession law of Germanic law Greek law Gresham's law Hardy Weinberg law Hebraic law Indian law international law Israeli law Japanese law Jim Crow Law labour law law code law of cosines law of sines law report Law Andrew Bonar Law John maritime law admiralty law marriage law martial law mass action law of military law Montgomery of Alamein Bernard Law Montgomery 1st Viscount natural law Newton's law of gravitation Ohm's law Olmsted Frederick Law Pascal's law Poor Law procedural law Rhodian Sea Law right to work law Roman law Scottish law Sea Law of the Book of the Law Snell's law Soviet law transitive law Twelve Tables Law of the Weber's law Weber Fechner law Constitutional Laws of 1875 Corn Laws gas laws Indies Laws of the Kirchhoff's laws laws conflict of March Laws Newton's laws of motion Nürnberg Laws personal liberty laws thought laws of
lawspan>: A rule established by authority, society, or custom
lawspan>: In philosophy and physics: A rule of being, operation, or change, so certain and constant that it is conceived of as imposed by the will of God or by some controlling authority; as, the law of gravitation; the laws of motion; the law heredity; the laws of thought; the laws of cause and effect; law of self- preservation
lawspan>: A law is one of the rules in a system of law which deals with a particular type of agreement, relationship, or crime. the country's liberal political asylum law The law was passed on a second vote
lawspan>: or recognized, and enforced, by the controlling authority
lawspan>: disapproval If you accuse someone of thinking they are above the law, you criticize them for thinking that they are so clever or important that they do not need to obey the (Hukuk) One opposition member of parliament accuses the government of wanting to be above the law
lawspan>: the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
lawspan>: disapproval If you say that someone lays down the law, you are critical of them because they give other people orders and they think that they are always right. traditional parents, who believed in laying down the law for their offspring
lawspan>: {f} litigate; sue, prosecute
lawspan>: a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature; "the laws of thermodynamics"
lawspan>: A statement that summarizes the results observed in an experiment that is repeated many times by many different scientists A scientific law is widely accepted as true or as a fact
lawspan>: In arts, works, games, etc
lawspan>: An act of Congress that has been signed by the President or passed over his veto by Congress Public bills, when signed, become public laws The digits before the number correspond to the Congress, and the one or more digits after the hyphen refer to the sequence in which the bills were signed by the president
lawspan>: the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order
lawspan>: The laws of an organization or activity are its rules, which are used to organize and control it. the laws of the Church of England Match officials should not tolerate such behaviour but instead enforce the laws of the game. = rule
lawspan>: The final product of the legislative process It is the end result of the introduction of a bill, its passage by both houses, and its approval by the Governor (or the overriding of his/her veto by the legislature), and its recording by the Secretary of State
lawspan>: A rule made and carried out by a government
lawspan>: A term normally used in technology for an extreme form of theory that claims absolute predictability of cause and effect, as presented in formal scientific statements such as Newton's Laws of Gravitation Practical experience indicates that the only true law is that there are no absolute laws, since all events are infinitely interlinked in the total field, and all cause/effect chains are subject to infinite regress In practice, 'laws' are best understood as useful guidelines, describing probable performance to a high, but never absolute, degree of certainty
lawspan>: In morals: The will of God as the rule for the disposition and conduct of all responsible beings toward him and toward each other; a rule of living, conformable to righteousness; the rule of action as obligatory on the conscience or moral nature
lawspan>: The rules of construction, or of procedure, conforming to the conditions of success; a principle, maxim; or usage; as, the laws of poetry, of architecture, of courtesy, or of whist
lawspan>: Law is the study of systems of law and how laws work. He came to Oxford and studied law He holds a law degree from Bristol University. see also court of law, rule of law
lawspan>: An organic rule, as a constitution or charter, establishing and defining the conditions of the existence of a state or other organized community
lawspan>: A law is a rule or set of rules for good behaviour which is considered right and important by the majority of people for moral, religious, or emotional reasons. inflexible moral laws. = code
lawspan>: A law is a scientific rule that someone has invented to explain a particular natural process. the law of gravity
lawspan>: In mathematics: The rule according to which anything, as the change of value of a variable, or the value of the terms of a series, proceeds; mode or order of sequence
lawspan>: Law or the law is all the professions which deal with advising people about the law, representing people in court, or giving decisions and punishments. A career in law is becoming increasingly attractive to young people Nearly 100 law firms are being referred to the Solicitors' Disciplinary Tribunal
lawspan>: legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity; "there is a law against kidnapping"
lawspan>: A bill that has been passed by the legislature and signed by the executive
lawspan>: a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
lawspan>: {i} rule enacted by a community or country; body of rules by which order and justice is maintained; study of laws, jurisprudence; legal profession; custom, principle, convention
lawspan>: A law is a natural process in which a particular event or thing always leads to a particular result. The laws of nature are absolute
lawspan>: (uncountable) The police
lawspan>: 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" a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature; "the laws of thermodynamics" 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
lawspan>: If you say that someone is a law unto himself or herself, you mean that they behave in an independent way, ignoring laws, rules, or conventional ways of doing things. Some of the landowners were a law unto themselves. There was nobody to check their excesses and they exploited the people
lawspan>: All the rules of conduct that have been approved by the government and which are in force over a certain territory and which must be obeyed by all persons on that territory (eg the "laws" of Australia) Violation of these rules could lead to government action such as imprisonment or fine, or private action such as a legal judgement against the offender obtained by the person injured by the action prohibited by law Synonymous to act or statute although in common usage, "law" refers not only to legislation or statutes but also to the body of unwritten law in those states which recognize common law
lawspan>: An act of Congress that has been signed by the president or passed over his veto by Congress Public bills, when signed, become public laws, and are cited by the letters PL and a hyphenated number The digits before the hyphen correspond to the Congress, and the one or more digits after the hyphen refer to the numerical sequence in which the bills were signed by the president during that Congress
lawspan>: Legal science; jurisprudence; the principles of equity; applied justice
lawspan>: An exclamation of mild surprise
lawspan>: (uncountable) The body of rules and standards to be applied by courts and similar authorities
lawspan>: Laws directly tell us how to behave (or not to behave) under various specific circumstances and prescribe remedies or punishments for individuals who do not comply with the law [2] From Webster's [3]: a binding custom or practice of a community: a rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority Legal principles are often derived from ethical ones, but legal principles deal more with the practical regulation of morality, or behaviors and activities Additionally many legal principles deal with the inadequacies and imperfections in human nature, and the less than ideal behaviors of individuals or groups Legal practices are also affected more by historical precedent, matters of definition, issues related to detectability and enforceability and evolution of new circumstances than are ethical ones [2]
lawspan>: Leave of Absence Without Pay An approved period of leave during which the employee is not paid, but does not terminate State service Any approved leave of absence of two pay periods or less is considered a Short Term LAW Any approved leave of absence more than two pay periods is considered a Long Term LAW
lawspan>: The system of rules providing a basis for society to function harmoniously and efficiently In New South Wales there is both Statute Law and Common Law Leader of the Government: In the Legislative Assembly, the Premier; in the Legislative Council, a Government Member, elected to manage proceedings on behalf of the Government Leader of the House: A person appointed from the government party or parties, to organise and arrange the proceedings of the House Leader of the Opposition: A Member elected by the Opposition to lead them and to 'shadow' the Premier
lawspan>: a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature; "the laws of thermodynamics"
lawspan>: rules and principles of conduct promulgated by the legislature, court decisions, or local customs
lawspan>: Genus: A rule Differentia: Pre-defined, specifying the permissible actions of men Link: Article
lawspan>: Rule of conduct determined by the people through their elected representatives, or by direct vote
lawspan>: the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking for him"
lawspan>: If someone takes the law into their own hands, they punish someone or do something to put a situation right, instead of waiting for the police or the legal system to take action. The speeding motorist was pinned to the ground by angry locals who took the law into their own hands until police arrived
lawspan>: The body of rules issued by the legislative authority
lawspan>: A rule of conduct established and enforced by the authority, legislation, or custom of a given community, state, or nation
lawspan>: administrative agency
lawful: Authorized; sanctioned; not contrary to nor forbidden by law; constitutional
lawful: Conforming to, permitted by, or recognised by law or rules
lawful: according to custom or rule or natural law
lawful: In accordance with the law of the land; according to the law; permitted, sanctioned, or justified by law "Lawful" properly implies a thing conformable to or enjoined by law; "Legal", a thing in the form or after the manner of law or binding by law A writ or warrant issuing from any court, under color of law, is a "legal" process however defective See legal
lawful: {s} legal, legally valid, permitted by law; legitimate, permissible; living according to the law
lawful: conformable to or allowed by law; "lawful methods of dissent"
lawful: Legal; warranted or authorized by the law; having the qualifications prescribed by law; not contrary to nor forbidden by the law (Page 1032) TOP
lawful: conformable to or allowed by law; "lawful methods of dissent" authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law; "a legitimate government" according to custom or rule or natural law
lawful: Conformable to law; allowed by law; legitimate; competent
lawful: If an activity, organization, or product is lawful, it is allowed by law. It was lawful for the doctors to treat her in whatever way they considered was in her best interests Hunting is a lawful activity. = legal unlawful, illegal + lawfully law·ful·ly Amnesty International is trying to establish whether the police acted lawfully in shooting him. unlawfully. allowed or recognized by law = legal
lawful: having a legally established claim; "the legitimate heir"; "the true and lawful king"
lawful: Constituted or authorized by law; rightful; as, the lawful owner of lands
lawful: authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law; "a legitimate government"
lawfully: in a manner acceptable to common custom; "you cannot do this legitimately!"
lawfully: by law; conforming to the law; "we are lawfully wedded now"
lawfully: conforming to the law; legally
lawfully: legally, in a manner which is permitted by law; legitimately
lawfulness: Property of being lawful, of obeying the law
lawfulness: {i} quality of being lawful, legality, state of being permitted by law
lawfulness: the quality of conforming to law
lawless: Not restrained by the law or by discipline; unruly, disorderly
lawless: disobedient to or defiant of law; "lawless bands roaming the plains"
lawless: without law or control; "the system is economically inefficient and politically anarchic"
lawless: Not subject to, or restrained by, the law of morality or of society; as, lawless men or behavior
lawless: Prohibited by law; unlawful, illegal
lawless: A lawless place or time is one where people do not respect the (Hukuk) lawless inner-city streets plagued by muggings, thefts, assaults and even murder. not obeying the law, or not controlled by the law law-abiding
lawless: Not subject to the laws of nature; uncontrolled
lawless: Contrary to, or unauthorized by, law; illegal; as, a lawless claim
lawless: Lawless actions break the law, especially in a wild and violent way. The government recognised there were problems in urban areas but these could never be an excuse for lawless behaviour. + lawlessness law·less·ness Lawlessness is a major problem
lawless: {s} not conforming to the law, illegal; anarchical, not ruled by the law; unrestrained, unruly
lawless: lax in enforcing laws; "an open town"
lawless: disobedient to or defiant of law; "lawless bands roaming the plains
lawlessly: In a lawless manner. Without constraint by law or moral code
lawlessly: in a lawless manner; illegally, against the law; without restraint
lawlessness: a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government)
lawlessness: illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law
lawlessness: {i} lack of respect for the law; illegality; anarchy; wildness, unruliness, lack of restraint
laws: Formal, standardized norms that have been enacted by legislatures and are enforced by formal sanctions
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laws: Natural Law - Laws that are fundamental to human nature and discoverable by human reason Common Law - System of law based on common custom and precedent Civil Law - Laws dealing with relationships between individuals Criminal Law - Law dealing with offenses against the state, their prosecution and punishment Canon Law - Law of the church courts in the Roman Catholic Church that deals with the rule and administration of the church Roman Law - A system of laws from the Romans which is the basis of modern Civil Law Martial Law - A period when civil authority is inadequate and military force is used to suppress insurrection, riot, or disorder, or to deal with public calamity It usually included the suspension of civil rights or liberties The 10 Commandments - The laws of God for right human conduct to God and to other people
laws: The official rules of the game prepared by the Croquet Association
laws: plural of law
laws: The formal rules which are legally established by a society (in U S , laws are passed by legislatures)
laws: Acts passed by both houses of Congress and signed by the President or passed over Presidential veto
laws: The constitutional provisions, legislative statutes or judicial precedents that apply to a court case
laws: tr>
laws: The rules adopted by formal governmental action that govern our lives in various respects
laws: the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit
laws: are standards of conduct that are enforced by the coercive power of the state Laws tend to be more complex and formal than ethics or morals A society's laws will usually reflect its moral consensus, and the law will establish a ethically minimal standard of conduct Laws, however, are not ethics Some actions may be legal but unethical; some actions may be ethical but illegal

law

Synonyms

act, assize, behest, bidding, bylaw, canon, case, caveat, charge, charter, code, command, commandment, constitution, covenant

Antonyms

breaking, lawlessness, transgression, violation

Etymology

[ lo ] (noun.) before 12th century. From Middle English lawe, laȝe, from Old English lagu (“law”), from Old Norse *lagu 'law' (cf. Icelandic lög (“things laid down, law”), Swedish lag, Danish lov (“law”)), an early collective plural of lag 'layer, due place, order', from Proto-Germanic *lagan (cf. Old English læg 'fate', Old High German urlag 'fate'), from *legjanan 'to lay'. More at lay. Replaced Old English ǣ and gesetnes.