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

80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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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'