Lawnoun
The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities.
âthe courts interpret the law; entrapment is against the lawâ;
Ethicsnoun
(philosophy) The study of principles relating to right and wrong conduct.
Lawnoun
The body of such rules that pertain to a particular topic.
âproperty law; commercial hunting and fishing lawâ;
Ethicsnoun
Morality.
Lawnoun
Common law, as contrasted with equity.
Ethicsnoun
The standards that govern the conduct of a person, especially a member of a profession.
Lawnoun
A binding regulation or custom established in a community in this way.
âThere is a law against importing wallabies.â; âA new law forbids driving on that road.â; âThe court ruled that the executive order was not law and nullified it.â;
Ethicsnoun
The science of human duty; the body of rules of duty drawn from this science; a particular system of principles and rules concerting duty, whether true or false; rules of practice in respect to a single class of human actions; as, political or social ethics; medical ethics.
âThe completeness and consistency of its morality is the peculiar praise of the ethics which the Bible has taught.â;
Lawnoun
(more generally) A rule, such as:
Ethicsnoun
motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
Lawnoun
Any rule that must or should be obeyed, concerning behaviours and their consequences. mores.}}
â"Do unto others as you wish them to do unto you" is a good law to follow.â; âthe law of self-preservationâ;
Ethicsnoun
the philosophical study of moral values and rules
Lawnoun
A rule or principle regarding the construction of language or art.
âthe laws of playwriting and poetryâ;
Ethicsnoun
moral principles that govern a person's behaviour or the conducting of an activity
âa code of ethicsâ; âmedical ethics also enter into the questionâ;
Lawnoun
A statement (in physics, etc) of an (observed, established) order or sequence or relationship of phenomena which is invariable under certain conditions. theory.}}
âthe laws of thermodynamicsâ; âNewton's third law of motion states that to every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction. This is one of several laws derived from his general theory expounded in the PhilosophiĂŠ Naturalis Principia Mathematica.â;
Ethicsnoun
the moral correctness of specified conduct
âmany scientists question the ethics of cruel experimentsâ;
Lawnoun
A statement (of relation) that is true under specified conditions; a mathematical or logical rule.
âMathematical laws can be proved purely through mathematics, without scientific experimentation.â;
Ethicsnoun
the branch of knowledge that deals with moral principles
âneither metaphysics nor ethics is the home of religionâ;
Lawnoun
Any statement of the relation of acts and conditions to their consequences.
âthe law of scarcity; the law of supply and demandâ;
Ethics
Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that . The field of ethics, along with aesthetics, concerns matters of value; these fields comprise the branch of philosophy called axiology.Ethics seeks to resolve questions of human morality by defining concepts such as good and evil, right and wrong, virtue and vice, justice and crime.
âinvolves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behaviorâ;
Lawnoun
(cricket) One of the official rules of cricket as codified by the its (former) governing body, the MCC.
Lawnoun
The control and order brought about by the observance of such rules.
âThey worked to maintain law and order.â; âIt was a territory without law, marked by violence.â;
Lawnoun
A person or group that act(s) with authority to uphold such rules and order (for example, one or more police officers).
âHere comes the law â run!â;
Lawnoun
The profession that deals with such rules (as lawyers, judges, police officers, etc).
âHe is studying for a career in law.â; âShe has practiced law in New York for twenty years.â;
Lawnoun
Jurisprudence, the field of knowledge which encompasses these rules.
âShe went to university to study law.â;
Lawnoun
Litigation, legal action (as a means of maintaining or restoring order, redressing wrongs, etc).
âThey were quick to go to law.â;
Lawnoun
An allowance of distance or time (a head start) given to a weaker (human or animal) competitor in a race, to make the race more fair.
Lawnoun
(fantasy) One of two metaphysical forces ruling the world in some fantasy settings, also called order, and opposed to chaos.
Lawnoun
An oath sworn before a court, especially disclaiming a debt. wager of law", "wage one's law", "perform one's law", "lose one's law".}}
Lawnoun
(obsolete) A tumulus of stones.
Lawnoun
A hill.
Lawverb
(obsolete) To work as a lawyer; to practice law.
Lawverb
To prosecute or sue (someone), to litigate.
Lawverb
(nonstandard) To rule over (with a certain effect) by law; govern.
Lawverb
(informal) To enforce the law.
Lawverb
To subject to legal restrictions.
Lawinterjection
(dated) An exclamation of mild surprise; lawks.
Lawnoun
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.
âThese are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the Lord made.â; âThe law of thy God, and the law of the King.â; âAs if they would confine the Interminable . . . Who made our laws to bind us, not himself.â; âHis mind his kingdom, and his will his law.â;
Lawnoun
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.
Lawnoun
The Jewish or Mosaic code, and that part of Scripture where it is written, in distinction from the gospel; hence, also, the Old Testament.
âWhat things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law . . . But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets.â;
Lawnoun
An organic rule, as a constitution or charter, establishing and defining the conditions of the existence of a state or other organized community.
Lawnoun
In philosophy and physics: A rule of being, operation, or change, so certain and constant that it is conceived of as imposed by the will of God or by some controlling authority; as, the law of gravitation; the laws of motion; the law heredity; the laws of thought; the laws of cause and effect; law of self-preservation.
Lawnoun
In mathematics: 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.
Lawnoun
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.
Lawnoun
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.
Lawnoun
Legal science; jurisprudence; the principles of equity; applied justice.
âReason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reason.â; âLaw is beneficence acting by rule.â; âAnd sovereign Law, that state's collected willO'er thrones and globes elate,Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill.â;
Lawnoun
Trial by the laws of the land; judicial remedy; litigation; as, to go law.
âWhen every case in law is right.â; âHe found law dear and left it cheap.â;
Lawnoun
An oath, as in the presence of a court.
Lawverb
Same as Lawe, v. t.
Lawinterjection
An exclamation of mild surprise.
Lawnoun
legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity;
âthere is a law against kidnappingâ;
Lawnoun
the collection of rules imposed by authority;
âcivilization presupposes respect for the lawâ; âthe great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing orderâ;
Lawnoun
a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature;
âthe laws of thermodynamicsâ;
Lawnoun
a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
Lawnoun
the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system;
âhe studied law at Yaleâ;
Lawnoun
the force of policemen and officers;
âthe law came looking for himâ;
Lawnoun
the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
Law
Law is a system of rules created and enforced through social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a science and the art of justice.