law
nounverified·updated May 9, 2026
An individual rule as part of a system of law.
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Senses
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the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system
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a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
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a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
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the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
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legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity
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the force of policemen and officers
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the collection of rules imposed by authority
Classifications
Entity Type
Requirement85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Sensitivity
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Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- applicable lawconstabularyjurisprudencelaw of naturelegal philosophynatural lawpolicepolice forcepractice of law
- alternatephrasing
- Law
- plural
- laws
- possessive
- law's
- pluralpossessive
- laws'