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1. law
noun. ['ˈlɔ, ˈlɑː'] the collection of rules imposed by authority.
Synonyms
- aggregation
- commercial law
- tax law
- precedent
- ecclesiastical law
- sharia
- civil law
- law of the land
- collection
- mercantile law
- law of nations
- statutory law
- securities law
- martial law
- international law
- shariah law
- accumulation
- canon law
- administrative law
- jurisprudence
- law merchant
- military law
- Mosaic law
- sharia law
- assemblage
- common law
- shariah
- Islamic law
- case law
Antonyms
Etymology
- hlaw (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- lawe (Middle English (1100-1500))
Rhymes with Law
- laframboise
- francoise
- francois
- brisbois
- langlois
- harnois
- gravois
- contois
- comtois
- cheng-hua
- chargois
- bourgeois
- bogota
- voila
- valois
- trnka
- suhua
- sirois
- salois
- markkaa
- macgraw
- lavoie
- duboise
- dubois
- baccarat
- artois
- vrba
- sanaa
- refah
- pasha
How do you pronounce law?
Pronounce law as lɔ.
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Sentences with law
1. Noun, singular or mass
Justices are often people who have a degree in law or have experience working in the local court system.
Quotes about law
1. Some might complain that nuclear disarmament is little more than a dream. But that ignores the very tangible benefits disarmament would bring for all humankind. Its success would strengthen international peace and security. It would free up vast and much-needed resources for social and economic development. It would advance the rule of law.
- Ban Ki-moon
2. 'Crazy' is a term of art; 'Insane' is a term of law. Remember that, and you will save yourself a lot of trouble.
- Hunter S. Thompson
3. It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
3. law-breaking
noun. (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act.
Synonyms
- perpetration
- infraction
- regulatory offence
- statutory offence
- statutory offense
- committal
- commission
- barratry
- transgression
- attack
- criminal offense
- vice crime
- high treason
- offense
- highjack
- lese majesty
- infringement
- capital offense
- violation
- war crime
- attempt
- forgery
- misdemeanor
- hijack
- felony
- thuggery
- crime
- cybercrime
- regulatory offense
- victimless crime
- fraud
- Had crime
- Tazir crime
- criminal offence
- offence
- mayhem
- treason
- misdemeanour
5. law
noun. ['ˈlɔ, ˈlɑː'] legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity.
Synonyms
- organic law
- prohibition
- RICO
- poor law
- gag law
- homestead law
- public law
- anti-drug law
- fundamental law
- Riot Act
- antitrust law
- constitution
- instrument
- statute of limitations
- blue law
- jurisprudence
- Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
- legal document
- official document
- RICO Act
- anti-racketeering law
- legal instrument
- antitrust legislation
Antonyms
Etymology
- hlaw (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- lawe (Middle English (1100-1500))
6. law
noun. ['ˈlɔ, ˈlɑː'] a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- hlaw (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- lawe (Middle English (1100-1500))
7. law
noun. ['ˈlɔ, ˈlɑː'] a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature.
Synonyms
- Archimedes' principle
- Avogadro's hypothesis
- distribution law
- equilibrium law
- law of averages
- concept
- law of large numbers
- Mendel's law
- Planck's radiation law
- Avogadro's law
- Benford's law
- exclusion principle
- Pauli exclusion principle
- principle of relativity
- periodic law
- law of nature
- law of partial pressures
- power law
- law of reciprocal proportions
- law of effect
- Mariotte's law
- Kirchhoff's laws
- law of thermodynamics
- law of diminishing returns
- Stevens' law
- Henry's law
- law of gravitation
- Ohm's law
- Planck's law
- law of multiple proportions
- Dalton's law of partial pressures
- law of chemical equilibrium
- Hubble law
- Newton's law of motion
- law of motion
- law of mass action
- theory
- Boyle's law
- all-or-none law
- Weber's law
- Fechner's law
- law of constant proportion
- Dalton's law
- Mendeleev's law
- law of definite proportions
- Kepler's law
- law of Archimedes
- Coulomb's Law
- Weber-Fechner law
- Kepler's law of planetary motion
- Charles's law
- principle
- law of equivalent proportions
- Bernoulli's law
- Bose-Einstein statistics
- conception
- Pascal's law of fluid pressures
- Hooke's law
- Newton's law of gravitation
- Pascal's law
- Gay-Lussac's law
- Stevens' power law
- construct
- Fermi-Dirac statistics
- Newton's law
- rule
- Hubble's law
Antonyms
Etymology
- hlaw (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- lawe (Middle English (1100-1500))
8. law
noun. ['ˈlɔ, ˈlɑː'] the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do.
Antonyms
Etymology
- hlaw (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- lawe (Middle English (1100-1500))
9. law
noun. ['ˈlɔ, ˈlɑː'] the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
Synonyms
Etymology
- hlaw (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- lawe (Middle English (1100-1500))
