law
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- noun
- /lɔː/
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- As Aquinas said, the very point of the law is the common good.
- natural law
- moral law
- divine law
So you know the divine law that was there.
- So you know the divine law that was there.
- Why, they have a law of their heart, he says.
- We simply know what these laws are on some level.
- Life would have the core law of cause and effect, karma.
- Yeah, there there is a moral law like like this morning.
- as, as divine law would have it, Quincy Jones
- There is a spiritual law that takes place.
- And a law for everyone to be kind.
- It is fighting against the laws of the universe to change people.
- And he says, Thou nature art my goddess, to thy law my services are bound.
- It's kind of like like the law of assumption.
Examples
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Of course, one can find reasons to justify the laws that restrict smoking in public.
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Anything you say can be held against you in a court of law.
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And a law for everyone to be kind.
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There is only one language, one law, one people.
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They broke the law for higher ethical purpose.
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And the law is man's feeble attempt to set down the principles of decency.
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Many people believe that everyone has an inner law that guides their actions.
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Philosophers often debate the existence of a universal law inherent in human nature.
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She feels that kindness is a fundamental law that should govern human relationships.
Synonyms
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An instruction or law that tells people what to do
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A set of moral rules that come from human nature and apply to everyone
A law or rule from ancient Rome
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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A group that makes sure people follow rules and stops crime and finds who did it
- Formal
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Temporary military rule over a country that replaces normal law during a war or crisis
- Specialized
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A rule that describes how nature behaves, often shown with a formula
- Specialized
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A system where judges use past court decisions and customs rather than written laws
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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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Government rules that stop one company from controlling a market and protect competition
- Specialized
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A basic rule that explains how energy moves and changes in closed systems
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The rules a country or state has about when and how people can legally end a pregnancy
- 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
- NSFW
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Laws in the United States that kept Black and white people apart, mainly in the South
- Specialized
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Rules that control the behavior, trials, and punishments of people in the armed forces
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Religious laws given by God to the Israelites through Moses, including the Ten Commandments
- Specialized
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Energy naturally spreads from hot places to cold ones, increasing disorder
- Specialized
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A rule that shows how pushes and pulls change how things move, for example by starting or stopping
- Specialized
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A rule people follow because of custom rather than being made by the government
- Specialized
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Law that deals with agreements and the duties people or businesses have to each other
- Specialized
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Three basic rules that explain how pushes and pulls change the motion of objects
- Specialized
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A relationship the law accepts when a couple live together and behave as if married
- Formal
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A law that helps buyers get a refund or replacement for vehicles that keep breaking
- Specialized
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A system of rules used in ancient Rome that influenced many modern civil laws
- Specialized
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When one object pushes another, the other object pushes back equally
- Formal
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Acting as if you have legal power when you do not, often to do illegal acts
- Formal
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A set of basic rules that explains how a country's government works and what rights people have
- Specialized
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When a sample gets larger, its average gets closer to the average of the whole group
- Specialized
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After a point, adding more work gives smaller extra results
- Specialized
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Three basic rules that explain how objects move and push each other in physics
How Binding
Surface Forms
Etymology
Law comes from an old word meaning 'to lay', as in lay. 'Natural law' is the idea that some rules are 'laid down' by human nature or by nature itself, which is why people think these rules apply to everyone.