law
noun
[ lɔː ]
• 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.
• "shooting the birds is against the law"
• a rule defining correct procedure or behaviour in a sport.
• "the laws of the game"
• a statement of fact, deduced from observation, to the effect that a particular natural or scientific phenomenon always occurs if certain conditions are present.
• "the second law of thermodynamics"
• the body of divine commandments as expressed in the Bible or other religious texts.
Similar:
principle,
rule,
precept,
directive,
direction,
injunction,
instruction,
commandment,
prescription,
standard,
criterion,
belief,
creed,
credo,
ethic,
maxim,
formula,
tenet,
doctrine,
canon,
mitzvah,
Origin:
Old English lagu, from Old Norse lag ‘something laid down or fixed’, of Germanic origin and related to lay1.
law
noun
• a hill, typically one that is round or conical in shape.
• "I had a lovely walk up North Berwick Law today"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old English hláw .
at law
• according to or concerned with the laws of a country.
• "an agreement enforceable at law"
