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law

noun
  1. the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system
    “I studied law at Yale.”
    practice of law
  2. a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
    natural law
  3. a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
    “the laws of thermodynamics”
    law of nature
  4. the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
    jurisprudencelegal philosophy
  5. legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity
    “there is a law against kidnapping”
  6. the force of policemen and officers
    “the law came looking for him”
    policepolice forceconstabulary
  7. the collection of rules imposed by authority
    “civilization presupposes respect for the law”
    jurisprudence