Law

Law [lô]
Noun
== Origin ==
#Old Norse: Lag
#Old English: Lagu
#English: Lay
#Then: Law
== Meanings ==
#The system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties.
##An individual rule as part of a system of law.
##Systems of law as a subject of study or as the basis of the legal profession.
##Statutory law and the common law.
##A thing regarded as having the binding force or effect of a formal system of rules.
##[Informational] The police.
#A rule defining correct procedure or behavior in a sport.
#A statement of fact, deduced from observation, to the effect that a particular natural or scientific phenomenon always occurs if certain conditions are present.
##A generalization based on a fact or event perceived to be recurrent.
#The body of divine commandments as expressed in the Bible or other religious texts.
##The Pentateuch as distinct from the other parts of the Hebrew Bible.
##The precepts of the Pentateuch.
#A hill, typically one that is round or conical in shape.
== Examples ==
#They were taken to court for breaking the law.
#An initiative to tighten up the laws on pornography.
#He was still practicing law.
#What he said was law.
#He'd never been in trouble with the law in his life.
#The laws of the game.
#The second law of thermodynamics.
#The first law of American corporate life is that dead wood floats.
#The Law.
#The Law of Moses.
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