Society - Law
Look up Law in dictionary
law
n 1: the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization
presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for
jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" [syn:
{law}, {jurisprudence}]
2: legal document setting forth rules governing a particular
kind of activity; "there is a law against kidnapping"
3: a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature
and essential to or binding upon human society [syn: {law},
{natural law}]
4: a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in
nature; "the laws of thermodynamics" [syn: {law}, {law of
nature}]
5: the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the
principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
[syn: {jurisprudence}, {law}, {legal philosophy}]
6: 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" [syn: {law}, {practice of law}]
7: the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking
for him" [syn: {police}, {police force}, {constabulary},
{law}]
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