noun the collection of rules imposed by authority.
— synonyms: jurisprudence
noun legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity.
noun a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society.
— synonyms: natural_law
noun a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature.
— synonyms: law_of_nature
noun the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do.
— synonyms: jurisprudence, legal_philosophy
noun the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
— synonyms: practice_of_law
noun the force of policemen and officers.
— synonyms: police, police_force, constabulary
Examples
“entrapment is against the law”
“A new law forbids driving on that road.”
“It was a territory without law, marked by violence.”