DICTOMETER

LAW

(law, ley, jus, lov, rett)

1. Synonyms:
   • Law
   • Jurisprudence
   Definitions:
   • the collection of rules imposed by authority
   Examples:
   • Civilization presupposes respect for the law
   • The great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Law
   Definitions:
   • legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity
   Examples:
   • There is a law against kidnapping
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Law
   • Natural law
   Definitions:
   • a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Law
   • Law of nature
   Definitions:
   • a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
   Examples:
   • The laws of thermodynamics
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Jurisprudence
   • Law
   • Legal philosophy
   Definitions:
   • the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Law
   • Practice of law
   Definitions:
   • the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system
   Examples:
   • He studied law at Yale
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Police
   • Police force
   • Constabulary
   • Law
   Definitions:
   • the force of policemen and officers
   Examples:
   • The law came looking for him