the collection of rules imposed by authority; civilization presupposes respect for the law; the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order
[ Syn: jurisprudence ]
legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity; there is a law against kidnapping'
a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
[ Syn: natural law ]
a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature; the laws of thermodynamics
[ Syn: law of nature ]
the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
[ Syn: jurisprudence , legal philosophy ]
the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system; he studied law at Yale
[ Syn: practice of law ]
the force of policemen and officers; the law came looking for him
[ Syn: police , police , police force , police force , constabulary , constabulary ]