Show This shows grade level based on the word's complexity. / lɔ / the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision. any written or positive rule or collection of rules prescribed under the authority of the state or nation, as by the people in its constitution.Compare bylaw, statutory law. the controlling influence of such rules; the condition of society brought about by their observance: maintaining law and order. a system or collection of such rules. the department of knowledge concerned with these rules; jurisprudence: to study law. the body of such rules concerned with a particular subject or derived from a particular source: commercial law. an act of the supreme legislative body of a state or nation, as distinguished from the constitution. the principles applied in the courts of common law, as distinguished from equity. the profession that deals with law and legal procedure: to practice law. legal action; litigation: to go to law. a person, group, or agency acting officially to enforce the law: The law arrived at the scene soon after the alarm went off. any rule or injunction that must be obeyed: Having a nourishing breakfast was an absolute law in our household. a rule or principle of proper conduct sanctioned by conscience, concepts of natural justice, or the will of a deity: a moral law. a rule or manner of behavior that is instinctive or spontaneous: the law of self-preservation. (in philosophy, science, etc.) a principle based on the predictable consequences of an act, condition, etc.: the law of supply and demand. a rule, principle, or convention regarded as governing the structure or the relationship of an element in the structure of something, as of a language or work of art: the laws of playwriting; the laws of grammar. a commandment or a revelation from God. Sometimes Law . a divinely appointed order or system. the preceptive part of the Bible, especially of the New Testament, in contradistinction to its promises: the law of Christ. British Sports. an allowance of time or distance given a quarry or competitor in a race, as the head start given a fox before the hounds are set after it. Chiefly Dialect. to sue or prosecute. British. (formerly) to expeditate (an animal). GOOSES. GEESES. I WANT THIS QUIZ ON PLURAL NOUNS! Test how much you really know about regular and irregular plural nouns with this quiz. Which of the following nouns has an irregular plural form? TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT be a law to / unto oneself, to follow one's own inclinations, rules of behavior, etc.; act independently or unconventionally, especially without regard for established mores. lay down the law, take the law into one's own hands, to administer justice as one sees fit without recourse to the usual law enforcement or legal processes: The townspeople took the law into their own hands before the sheriff took action. 1 First recorded before 1000; Middle English law(e), lagh(e), Old English lagu, from unattested Old Norse lagu, early plural of lag “layer, stratum, a laying in order, fixed tune, (in collective sense) law”; akin to lay1, lie2 law , hypothesis, theory (see synonym study at theory) lavish, lavishly, Lavoisier, Lavoisier, Antoine, lavolta, law, law-abiding, law agent, law and order, lawbook, lawbreaker / lɔ / adjective, adverb, noun Obsolete. an obsolete variant of low1. / lɔ / verb (used with or without object), noun Obsolete. an obsolete variant of low2. / lɔ / (used as an exclamation expressing astonishment.) 4 First recorded in 1580–90; form of lord / lɔ / Andrew Bon·ar [bon-er], /ˈbɒn ər/, 1858–1923, English statesman, born in Canada: prime minister 1922–23. John, 1671–1729, Scottish financier. William, 1686–1761, English clergyman and devotional writer. Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2022 A law is a rule made by an authority and that must be obeyed. A law is commonly made by a government, which citizens must follow or face punishment. For example, in most places there are laws about not stealing. If you are caught stealing, you could be fined or put in jail, depending on the law broken and the punishment set up for that law. Law can be used more broadly to refer to a set of laws, such as all of a nation’s laws. To say murder is against the law is to say that murder is not allowed in the geographic area being referred to, such as a state or country. Law can also be used to describe the legal field, especially as a career, as in Zola had always dreamed of a career in law, so she studied hard in law school. In the sciences, a law is an indisputable fact about the way the world and the forces in it work. Such laws explain what happens but do not describe why it happens. Example: I believe it is against the law to set up security cameras without posting a sign on the door. The first records of the term law come from before the 1000s. It is believed to come from the Old Norse lag, meaning “laying order” or “fixed tune.” A law is established to keep members of a community in order and fixed to a specific way of life that promotes peace or discourages violence. Although law generally refers to a rule made by a government, it can also be used to refer to any strong rule made by an authority that must be followed. For example, your parents’ house rules might be described as laws if they must be strictly followed. As well, a behavior a person might do instinctively or spontaneously might also be called a law. For example, trying to save your life when you are in danger might be described as the law of self-preservation. Because laws are important to a well-run society, law is commonly used in everyday speech.
Which of the following is NOT a synonym for law? A. act B. decree C. order D. suggestion act, case, charge, charter, code, constitution, decision, decree, legislation, mandate, measure, order, precedent, regulation, requirement, ruling, statute, proposal, assize, behest
British Dictionary definitions for law (1 of 4)a rule or set of rules, enforceable by the courts, regulating the government of a state, the relationship between the organs of government and the subjects of the state, and the relationship or conduct of subjects towards each other
a rule of conducta law of etiquette one of a set of rules governing a particular field of activitythe laws of tennis the law
a binding force or statementhis word is law Also called: law of nature a generalization based on a recurring fact or event the science or knowledge of law; jurisprudence the principles originating and formerly applied only in courts of common lawCompare equity (def. 3) a general principle, formula, or rule describing a phenomenon in mathematics, science, philosophy, etcthe laws of thermodynamics a law unto itself or a law unto himself a person or thing that is outside established laws go to law to resort to legal proceedings on some matter lay down the law to speak in an authoritative or dogmatic manner reading the Law or reading of the Law Judaism that part of the morning service on Sabbaths, festivals, and Mondays and Thursdays during which a passage is read from the Torah scrolls take the law into one's own hands to ignore or bypass the law when redressing a grievance Related adjectives: judicial, jural, juridical, legal Old English lagu, from Scandinavian; compare Icelandic lög (pl) things laid down, law British Dictionary definitions for law (2 of 4)Scot a hill, esp one rounded in shape British Dictionary definitions for law (3 of 4)British Dictionary definitions for law (4 of 4)Andrew Bonar (ˈbɒnə). 1858–1923, British Conservative statesman, born in Canada; prime minister (1922–23) Denis. born 1940, Scottish footballer; a striker, he played for Manchester United (1962–73) and Scotland (30 goals in 55 games, 1958–74); European Footballer of the Year (1964) John. 1671–1729, Scottish financier. He founded the first bank in France (1716) and the Mississippi Scheme for the development of Louisiana (1717), which collapsed due to excessive speculation Jude . born 1972, British film actor, who starred in The Talented Mr Ripley (1999), Cold Mountain (2003), and Sherlock Holmes (2009) William. 1686–1761, British Anglican divine, best known for A Serious Call to a Holy and Devout Life (1728) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for lawA rule of conduct or procedure established by custom, agreement, or authority. A set of rules or principles for a specific area of a legal system. A piece of enacted legislation. A formulation describing a relationship observed to be invariable between or among phenomena for all cases in which the specified conditions are met. A generalization based on consistent experience or results. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. Scientific definitions for lawA statement that describes invariable relationships among phenomena under a specified set of conditions. Boyle's law, for instance, describes what will happen to the volume of an ideal gas if its pressure changes and its temperature remains the same. The conditions under which some physical laws hold are idealized (for example, there are no ideal gases in the real world), thus some physical laws apply universally but only approximately. See Note at hypothesis. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Other Idioms and Phrases with lawIn addition to the idioms beginning with law also see:
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