law
nounid
3115·updated May 9, 2026verified
An individual rule as part of a system of law.
polysemous
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Entity Type
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Information Class
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Variants
- synonym
- applicable lawconstabularyjurisprudencelaw of naturelegal philosophynatural lawpolicepolice forcepractice of law
- alternatephrasing
- Law
- plural
- laws
- possessive
- law's
- pluralpossessive
- laws'
Framework definitions
- §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
- §1 · legacy_primary
- An individual rule as part of a system of law.DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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