law
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6.6
- noun
- /lɔː/
- Legal scholars study the principles of law to understand how they shape society.
- law and morality
- principles of law
- rule of law
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Examples
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In our democracy, everyone is subject to the same law, regardless of their background.
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There've been a lot of changes in the law.
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I came across it in an old law book.
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But this is still a court of law.
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Anything you say can be used against you in a court of law.
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My father always said a jury trial is not just about the law.
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What she's done is not against the law.
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The extent to which and how international law regulates cyber harm remains a pressing question.
Academic text (2017) -
The defendant argued that the choice-of-law clause swept broadly enough to cover the tort claim.
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Legal scholars today continue to develop theories of fiduciary law that reflect the normative commitments of classical liberalism.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
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9.3
The study of law and the ideas behind it
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7.5
A study of ideas about law and how it should work
Idioms
- Informal
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6.3
A situation where only the strongest people succeed without fair rules
Compounds
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3.2
The work police do to stop crime, find criminals, and make people obey the law
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1.6
A man in your family by marriage, for example your spouse's brother or your sister's husband
- Formal
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3.7
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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7.7
Temporary military rule over a country that replaces normal law during a war or crisis
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4.8
A system of rules for life and law based on the Qur'an and the Prophet Muhammad's teachings
- Specialized
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3.8
A system where judges use past court decisions and customs rather than written laws
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3.7
The rules a country or state has about when and how people can legally end a pregnancy
- Specialized
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3.8
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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5.5
A rule that the government must follow fair legal steps before taking someone's life, freedom, or property
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4.9
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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7.0
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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6.6
Religious laws given by God to the Israelites through Moses, including the Ten Commandments
- Formal
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5.6
A set of basic rules that explains how a country's government works and what rights people have
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7.4
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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8.1
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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3.5
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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4.1
When one object pushes another, the other object pushes back equally
Surface Forms
Etymology
Law comes from an old word meaning 'to lay', as in lay. In philosophy, law means the basic principles 'laid down' to guide judges and thinkers, so it describes the ideas behind legal decisions.