1.Definition: a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature

"The laws of thermodynamics"

Category: General

2.Definition: a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society

Category: General

3.Definition: legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity

"There is a law against kidnapping"

Category: General

4.Definition: the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do

Related Noun(s):jurisprudence

Category: General

5.Definition: the collection of rules imposed by authority

"Civilization presupposes respect for the law", "The great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

Related Noun(s):jurisprudence

Category: General

6.Definition: the force of policemen and officers

"The law came looking for him"

Related Noun(s):constabulary, police

Category: General

7.Definition: 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"

Category: General