NOUN
  • Definition - The body of binding rules and regulations, customs and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities.
  • Example - entrapment is against the law
  • Definition - A binding regulation or custom established in a community in this way.
  • Example - A new law forbids driving on that road.
  • Definition - (more generally) A rule, such as:
  • Example - A new law forbids driving on that road.
  • Definition - The control and order brought about by the observance of such rules.
  • Example - It was a territory without law, marked by violence.
  • Definition - A person or group that act(s) with authority to uphold such rules and order (for example, one or more police officers).
  • Example - Here comes the law — run!
  • Definition - The profession that deals with such rules (as lawyers, judges, police officers, etc).
  • Example - He is studying for a career in law.
  • Definition - Jurisprudence, the field of knowledge which encompasses these rules.
  • Example - She went to university to study law.
  • Definition - Litigation, legal action (as a means of maintaining or restoring order, redressing wrongs, etc).
  • Example - They were quick to go to law.
  • Definition - An allowance of distance or time (a head start) given to a weaker (human or animal) competitor in a race, to make the race more fair.
  • Example - They were quick to go to law.
  • Definition - One of two metaphysical forces ruling the world in some fantasy settings, also called order, and opposed to chaos.
  • Example - They were quick to go to law.
  • Definition - An oath sworn before a court, especially disclaiming a debt. (Chiefly in the phrases "wager of law", "wage one's law", "perform one's law", "lose one's law".)
  • Example - They were quick to go to law.
VERB
  • Definition - To work as a lawyer; to practice law.
  • Example - They were quick to go to law.
  • Definition - To prosecute or sue (someone), to litigate.
  • Example - They were quick to go to law.
  • Definition - To rule over (with a certain effect) by law; govern.
  • Example - They were quick to go to law.
  • Definition - To enforce the law.
  • Example - They were quick to go to law.
  • Definition - To subject to legal restrictions.
  • Example - They were quick to go to law.
Words in your word
3 Letter Words
awl 6 law 6
2 Letter Words
aw 5 al 2 la 2
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