LAW
\lˈɔː], \lˈɔː], \l_ˈɔː]\
Definitions of LAW
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
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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"
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a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature; "the laws of thermodynamics"
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the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
By Princeton University
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the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
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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"
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a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature; "the laws of thermodynamics"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling regulation; the mode or order according to which an agent or a power acts.
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In morals: The will of God as the rule for the disposition and conduct of all responsible beings toward him and toward each other; a rule of living, conformable to righteousness; the rule of action as obligatory on the conscience or moral nature.
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The Jewish or Mosaic code, and that part of Scripture where it is written, in distinction from the gospel; hence, also, the Old Testament.
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An organic rule, as a constitution or charter, establishing and defining the conditions of the existence of a state or other organized community.
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Any edict, decree, order, ordinance, statute, resolution, judicial, decision, usage, etc., or recognized, and enforced, by the controlling authority.
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In matematics: The rule according to which anything, as the change of value of a variable, or the value of the terms of a series, proceeds; mode or order of sequence.
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In arts, works, games, etc.: The rules of construction, or of procedure, conforming to the conditions of success; a principle, maxim; or usage; as, the laws of poetry, of architecture, of courtesy, or of whist.
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Collectively, the whole body of rules relating to one subject, or emanating from one source; -- including usually the writings pertaining to them, and judicial proceedings under them; as, divine law; English law; Roman law; the law of real property; insurance law.
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Legal science; jurisprudence; the principles of equity; applied justice.
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Trial by the laws of the land; judicial remedy; litigation; as, to go law.
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An oath, as in the presence of a court.
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Same as Lawe, v. t.
By Oddity Software
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In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling regulation; the mode or order according to which an agent or a power acts.
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In morals: The will of God as the rule for the disposition and conduct of all responsible beings toward him and toward each other; a rule of living, conformable to righteousness; the rule of action as obligatory on the conscience or moral nature.
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The Jewish or Mosaic code, and that part of Scripture where it is written, in distinction from the gospel; hence, also, the Old Testament.
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An organic rule, as a constitution or charter, establishing and defining the conditions of the existence of a state or other organized community.
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Any edict, decree, order, ordinance, statute, resolution, judicial, decision, usage, etc., or recognized, and enforced, by the controlling authority.
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In matematics: The rule according to which anything, as the change of value of a variable, or the value of the terms of a series, proceeds; mode or order of sequence.
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In arts, works, games, etc.: The rules of construction, or of procedure, conforming to the conditions of success; a principle, maxim; or usage; as, the laws of poetry, of architecture, of courtesy, or of whist.
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Collectively, the whole body of rules relating to one subject, or emanating from one source; -- including usually the writings pertaining to them, and judicial proceedings under them; as, divine law; English law; Roman law; the law of real property; insurance law.
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Legal science; jurisprudence; the principles of equity; applied justice.
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Trial by the laws of the land; judicial remedy; litigation; as, to go law.
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An oath, as in the presence of a court.
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Same as Lawe, v. t.
By Noah Webster.
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The science or philosophy of law. Also, the application of the principles of law and justice to health and medicine.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A rule of action established by authority or custom; the whole body of such binding rules or customs; as, social law; act of a legislative body; legal science; as, he studied law; the legal profession; a rule of science or art; a scientific statement of the action and relation of things in nature, etc.; as, the law of gravitation; an established principle.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A rule of action laid down or established by authority: edict of a government: statute: the rules of a community or state: a rule or principle of science or art: the whole jurisprudence or the science of law: established usage: that which rules: conformity to law: that which is lawful: a theoretical principle educed from practice or observation: (theol.) the Mosaic code or the books containing it: (B.) the word of God, the Old Testament.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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An authoritative rule of action; legislative enactment; commandment; statute.
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Legal science; jurisprudence.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A rule of action, prescribed by the supreme power of a state; the body of rules governing a community; a rule in regulation of anything; a theoretical principle; a rule or principle of science or art; a settled principle; jurisprudence; judicial process; a statute.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A rule of action imposed by some authority, or by the supreme power of a state; a statute; a rule of direction; a settled principle; a rule or axiom of science.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. A rule of order or conduct established by authority the appointed rules of a community or state foot the control of its inhabitants, whether unwritten; or enacted by formal statute;— the regular method or sequence by which certain phenomena or effects follow certain conditions or causes,; any force, tendency, propension, or instinct, whether natural or acquired;— the will of God, as the supreme moral ruler, concerning the character and conduct of all responsible beings;— established usage; a rule, principle, or maxim of science or art;— the Jewish or Mosaic code, In distinction from the judicial process; litigation legal science; jurisprudence.
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