Law

noun

  1. The body of rules and standards issued by a government, or to be applied by courts and similar authorities.

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  2. A particular such rule.

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  3. A written or understood rule that concerns behaviours and the appropriate consequences thereof. Laws are usually associated with mores.

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  4. A well-established, observed physical characteristic or behavior of nature. The word is used to simply identify "what happens," without implying any explanatory mechanism or causation. Compare to theory.

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  5. A statement that is true under specified conditions.

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  6. A category of English "common law" petitions that request monetary relief, as opposed to relief in forms other than a monetary judgment; compare to "equity".

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  7. One of the official rules of cricket as codified by the MCC.

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  8. The police.

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  9. One of the two metaphysical forces of the world in some fantasy settings, as opposed to chaos.

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  10. A tumulus of stones.

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  11. A hill.

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interjection

  1. An exclamation of mild surprise; lawks.

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