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law
noun
1 a customary rule recognized as prohibiting certain actions.
2 a collection of such rules according to which people live or a country or state is governed.
3 the control which such rules exercise law and order .
4 a controlling force Their word is law .
5 a collection of laws as a social system or a subject for study.
6 a group of laws relating to a particular activity commercial law .
7 (laws) jurisprudence.
8 one of a group of rules which set out how certain games, sports, etc should be played.
9 the legal system as a recourse; litigation go to law .
10 a rule in science, philosophy, etc, based on practice or observation, which says that under certain conditions certain things will always happen.
[Anglo-Saxon lagu ]
be a law unto oneself to act as one wants and not according to laws or custom.
have or get the law on someone colloq usually said as a threat: to ensure that legal action is taken against them.
lay down the law see under lay1.
take the law into one's own hands to obtain justice in one's own way, without involving the law or the police.
the law
1 people who are knowledgeable about law, especially professionally.
2 colloq the police or a member of the police.
the long arm of the law the law thought of in terms of its great power and reach.
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