Definition of Law

Noun

• the force of policemen and officers
  "the law came looking for him"
  police - police force constabulary
• 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"
  - practice of law
• the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
  jurisprudence - legal philosophy
• a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
  "the laws of thermodynamics"
  - law of nature
• a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
  - natural law
• 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"
  jurisprudence

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