law
nounverified·updated May 9, 2026
An individual rule as part of a system of law.
Framework senses
- §1
- An individual rule as part of a system of law.
- §1
- the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system
- §2
- a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
- §3
- a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
- §4
- the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
- §5
- legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity
- §6
- the force of policemen and officers
- §7
- the collection of rules imposed by authority