Law

Quick meaning: Law is a noun meaning A binding regulation or custom established in a community in this way.

Meaning

A binding regulation or custom established in a community in this way.

More Meanings

1. (more generally) A rule, such as:
2. The control and order brought about by the observance of such rules.
3. (informal) A person or group that act(s) with authority to uphold such rules and order (for example, one or more police officers).
4. The profession that deals with such rules (as lawyers, judges, police officers, etc).
5. Jurisprudence, the field of knowledge which encompasses these rules.
6. Litigation; legal action (as a means of maintaining or restoring order, redressing wrongs, etc).
7. (usually with "the") The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities.

Example Sentences

A new law forbids driving on that road.

In theory, entrapment is against the law.

There is a law against importing wallabies.

The courts interpret the law but should not make it.

Word Forms

• laws
• lawing
• lawed

Synonyms for law

Depending on context, synonyms include act, canon, code, convention, constitution, corpus.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include jurisprudence, constabulary, police, statutory, legal, statute.

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