law
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- noun
- /lɔ/
- Don't break the road laws, follow the rules.
- law enforcement
- rules and laws
- state law
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Watch on YouTubeThey support anti trans laws across the country.
- They support anti trans laws across the country.
- Let's assume Trump did violate the law rather flagrantly.
- All it meant was is that under law, slaves were property.
- And that is why we need antitrust laws now more than ever.
- That means the law as it is written.
- When we're elected, one of the first laws we'll pass is the following.
- Though we, we do have these hate speech laws, they are applied.
- It is our future that lays down the laws of our today.
Examples
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And that is why we need antitrust laws now more than ever.
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In reaction, the Georgia legislature passed a law against using public funds for desegregated schools.
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And to those who broke the law, you will pay.
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But who wrote the law rules the world?
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That means the law as it is written.
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No one in America by law has to pay a tip.
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That, in fact, violates federal law, and for good reason.
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The law said they didn't kill my brother.
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And Senator Carmichael's statement shows that he was aware of law enforcement's opposition to the bill.
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In every society, the law is established to maintain order and protect citizens.
Synonyms
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4.4
Laws made and passed by a parliament or other elected body
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3.4
An official rule made by an authority
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6.7
An official rule made by a local government
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A rule made by a group that tells members how to behave and run the group
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Law made by parliament or congress, not by judges
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A set of laws a country officially uses
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5.9
Laws made by a parliament or congress and written down
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
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A situation where only the strongest people succeed without fair rules
Compounds
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The work police do to stop crime, find criminals, and make people obey the law
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A man in your family by marriage, for example your spouse's brother or your sister's husband
- Formal
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All people and organizations, including officials, must follow the same fair laws
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3.1
A group that makes sure people follow rules and stops crime and finds who did it
- Specialized
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3.8
A rule that describes how nature behaves, often shown with a formula
- Formal
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Temporary military rule over a country that replaces normal law during a war or crisis
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A system of rules for life and law based on the Qur'an and the Prophet Muhammad's teachings
- Specialized
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A system where judges use past court decisions and customs rather than written laws
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The rules a country or state has about when and how people can legally end a pregnancy
- Specialized
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Three basic rules that explain how pushes and pulls change the motion of objects
- Specialized
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5.4
A basic rule that explains how energy moves and changes in closed systems
- Formal
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A rule that the government must follow fair legal steps before taking someone's life, freedom, or property
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Work a lawyer does to give advice, prepare documents, and represent people in court
- Specialized
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4.3
Government rules that stop one company from controlling a market and protect competition
- Specialized
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5.0
Rules that control the behavior, trials, and punishments of people in the armed forces
- Specialized
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4.1
Law that deals with agreements and the duties people or businesses have to each other
- NSFW
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9.0
Laws in the United States that kept Black and white people apart, mainly in the South
- Specialized
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Energy naturally spreads from hot places to cold ones, increasing disorder
- Specialized
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3.9
A rule that shows how pushes and pulls change how things move, for example by starting or stopping
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3.9
The idea that after many tries results tend to match what is expected on average
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Religious laws given by God to the Israelites through Moses, including the Ten Commandments
- Formal
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A set of basic rules that explains how a country's government works and what rights people have
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A set of religious rules from Islam based on the Koran and Muhammad's teachings that guide how people live
- Specialized
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A system of rules used in ancient Rome that influenced many modern civil laws
- Specialized
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7.2
A rule people follow because of custom rather than being made by the government
- Specialized
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Three basic rules that explain how objects move and push each other in physics
- Formal
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4.2
A law that helps buyers get a refund or replacement for vehicles that keep breaking
- Specialized
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When one object pushes another, the other object pushes back equally
How Binding
Surface Forms
Etymology
Law comes from an old word meaning 'to lay', as in lay. A law is something 'laid down' by rulers or a government to tell people how to behave, so that explains why we use it for official rules.