laws

Meanings

Noun

• the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit
• the collection of rules imposed by authority
• legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity
• a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
• a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
  • "the laws of thermodynamics"
• the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
• the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system
• the force of policemen and officers
• plural of law
• The police.
• A minced oath for Lord.

Verb

• third-person singular simple present indicative of law

Synonyms

constabulary, jurisprudence, law, law of nature, legal philosophy, natural law, Pentateuch, police, police force, practice of law, Torah

Related Words

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