law in English dictionary

  • law

    Meanings and definitions of "law"

    • (uncountable) The body of rules and standards issued by a government, or to be applied by courts and similar authorities.
    • A particular such rule.
    • (more generally) A written or understood rule that concerns behaviours and the appropriate consequences thereof. Laws are usually associated with mores.
    • A one-sided contract.
    • A well-established, observed physical characteristic or behavior of nature.
    • (mathematics) A statement that is true under specified conditions.
    • 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".
    • (cricket) One of the official rules of cricket as codified by the MCC.
    • (slang, uncountable) The police.
    • (fantasy) One of the two metaphysical forces of the world in some fantasy settings, as opposed to chaos.
    • (obsolete) a tumulus of stones
    • (Scottish and northern dialectal, archaic) a hill
    • interjection
      (dated)
      An exclamation of mild surprise; lawks.
    • noun
      (uncountable)
      The body of rules and standards issued by the legislative body, or to be applied by courts and similar authorities.
    • noun
      A particular such rule.
    • noun
      (more generally)
      A written or understood rule that concerns behaviours and their consequences. Laws are usually associated with mores.
    • noun
      (sciences, strictly)
      A well-established, observed physical characteristic or behavior of nature. The word is used to simply identify "what happens," without implying any explanatory mechanism or causation. Compare to theory.
    • noun
      (mathematics)
      A statement that is true under specified conditions.
    • noun
      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".
    • noun
      (cricket)
      One of the official rules of cricket as codified by the MCC.
    • noun
      (slang, uncountable)
      The police.
    • noun
      (fantasy)
      One of the two metaphysical forces of the world in some fantasy settings, as opposed to chaos.
    • noun
      An oath, as in the presence of a court. See wager of law.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      a tumulus of stones
    • noun
      ( Scottish and northern dialectal, archaic) a hill
    • written or understood rule
    • body of rules and standards to be applied by courts
    • One of the rules making up the body of law.
    • Science that studies the complex of rules fixed by law or custom which regulate social relations.
    • observed physical behavior
    • statement that is true under specified conditions
    • slang: the police
    • A body of rules of action or conduct prescribed by a legislative authority, and having binding legal force.
    • body of rules from the legislative authority
    • noun
      a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature; "the laws of thermodynamics"
    • noun
      a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
    • noun
      legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity; "there is a law against kidnapping"
    • noun
      the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
    • noun
      the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
    • noun
      the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking for him"
    • noun
      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"

    Synonyms of "law" in English dictionary

    practice of law, concept, constabulary are the top synonyms of "law" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of law

    • law ( countable and uncountable;  plural  laws)
    • law ( plural  laws)
    • lp  liczba pojedyncza law, lm  liczba mnoga laws
    • law (countable and uncountable, plural laws)
    • law (plural laws)
  • Law

    Meanings and definitions of "law"

    • A patronymic surname.
    • A diminutive of Lawrence.
    • A topographic surname, perhaps originally meaning someone who lives near a burial mound.
    • (Scottish) a conical hill
    • (Judaism) the Torah
    • (Christianity) a generic term which can refer to the Divine commandments (primarily the Decalogue), the Old Testament in general or, most specifically, the Torah.
    • proper
      A patronymic surname.
    • proper
      A diminutive of Lawrence.
    • proper
      A topographic surname, perhaps originally meaning someone who lives near a burial mound.
    • proper
      (Scotland)
      a conical hill
    • proper
      (Judaism)
      the Torah
    • proper
      (Christianity)
      a generic term which can refer to the Divine commandments (primarily the Decalogue), the Old Testament in general or, most specifically, the Torah.
    • Law, Dundee
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