[noun] legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity; "there is a law against kidnapping"
[noun] the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" Synonyms:jurisprudence
[noun] a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature; "the laws of thermodynamics" Synonyms:of nature
[noun] a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society Synonyms:natural
[noun] the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system; "he studied law at Yale" Synonyms:practice of
[noun] the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do Synonyms:jurisprudence, legal philosophy
