laws

Meaning

1. plural of law
2. (slang) The police.
3. A minced oath for Lord.

imperial command

legal standard

legal order

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lɔːz/

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law

1. The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities.
2. The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities.
3. The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities.
4. A binding regulation or custom established in a community in this way.
5. A rule, such as:
6. A rule, such as:
7. A rule, such as:
8. A rule, such as:
9. A rule, such as:
10. A rule, such as:
11. A rule, such as:
12. The control and order brought about by the observance of such rules.
13. (informal) A person or group that act(s) with authority to uphold such rules and order (for example, one or more police officers).
14. The profession that deals with such rules (as lawyers, judges, police officers, etc).
15. Jurisprudence, the field of knowledge which encompasses these rules.
16. Litigation; legal action (as a means of maintaining or restoring order, redressing wrongs, etc).
17. 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.
18. A mode of operation of the flight controls of a fly-by-wire aircraft.
19. One of two metaphysical forces ruling the world in some fantasy settings, also called order, and opposed to chaos.
20. An oath sworn before a court, especially disclaiming a debt. (Chiefly in the phrases "wager of law", "wage one's law", "perform one's law", "lose one's law".)

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