1. (n.)law the principles and regulations established by a government or other authority and applicable to a people, whether by legislation or by custom enforced by judicial decision.
2. law any written or positiverule or collection of rules prescribed under the authority of the state or nation, as by the people in its constitution.
12. law a rule or principle of proper conduct sanctioned by conscience, concepts of natural justice, or the will of a deity: a moral law.
13. law a rule or manner of behavior that is instinctive or spontaneous: the law of self-preservation.
14. law (in philosophy, science, etc.)
15. law a statement of a relation or sequence of phenomena invariable under the same conditions.
16. law a mathematical rule.
17. law a principle based on the predictable consequences of an act, condition, etc.: the law of supply and demand.
18. law a rule, principle, or convention regarded as governing the structure or the relationship of an element in the structure of something, as of a language or work of art: the laws of grammar.
19. law a commandment or a revelation from God.
20. law (sometimes cap.) a divinely appointed order or system.
21. law the Law,
22. law the preceptive part of the Bible, esp. of the New Testament, in contradistinction to its promises: the law of Christ.
1. (noun)law, jurisprudence the collection of rules imposed by authority "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
2. (noun)law legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity "there is a law against kidnapping"
3. (noun)law, natural law a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
4. (noun)law, law of nature a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature "the laws of thermodynamics"
5. (noun)jurisprudence, law, legal philosophy the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
6. (noun)law, practice of law 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"
7. (noun)police, police force, constabulary, law the force of policemen and officers "the law came looking for him"
1. (noun)law all the rules of a society By law, you cannot smoke in restaurants.; to obey the law
2. law against the law not allowed according to law Talking on a cell phone while driving is against the law.
3. law break the law to do sth against the law If you break the law, you go to jail.
4. law law enforcement the system of making sure the law is obeyed law enforcement officials; basic principles of law enforcement
5. law law and order a situation in which people are obeying laws After the violence there was a brief return to law and order.
6. law a particular rule a new law passed by Congress; laws against drunk driving; a federal/state law
7. law the study of the rules of a society, or the practice of being a lawyer young people studying law; He went to law school in Boston.; a big law firm in the city
8. law a rule or principle in a particular area of knowledge or activity the laws of science; the law of supply and demand
9. law a law unto yourself paying no attention to rules or accepted ways of behaving My brother has always been a law unto himself.
10. law lay down the law to state rules and makeclear that they must be obeyed His parents laid down the law before giving him the car keys.
11. law take the law into your own hands to try to solve a problem without the help of the legal authorities The two men took the law in their own hands and went to find the killer.
Definition of 'law'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)law 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
2. (noun)law 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 moralnature
3. (noun)law the Jewish or Mosaic code, and that part of Scripture where it is written, in distinction from the gospel; hence, also, the Old Testament
4. (noun)law an organic rule, as a constitution or charter, establishing and defining the conditions of the existence of a state or other organized community
5. (noun)law any edict, decree, order, ordinance, statute, resolution, judicial, decision, usage, etc., or recognized, and enforced, by the controlling authority
6. (noun)law 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
7. (noun)law 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
8. (noun)law 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
9. (noun)law 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
10. (noun)law legal science; jurisprudence; the principles of equity; applied justice
11. (noun)law trial by the laws of the land; judicial remedy; litigation; as, to go law
12. (noun)law an oath, as in the presence of a court
13. law an exclamation of mild surprise
14. (verb)law same as Lawe, v. t
Definitions of 'law'
The Roycroft Dictionary
law 1. A scheme for protecting the parasite and prolonging the life of the rogue, averting the natural consequences which would otherwise come to them.
Definitions of law 
Afrikaans: wet
Arabic: القانون
Bulgarian: закон
Brazilian: lei
Czech: právo
German: das Recht
Danish: lov
Greek: νόμοι, δίκαιο
Spanish: ley
Estonian: seadus
Farsi: قانون
Finnish: laki
French: loi(s), législation
Hebrew: הָחוֹק
Hindi: कानून
Croatian: zakon
Hungarian: jog
Indonesian: hukum
Icelandic: lög
Italian: legge
Japanese: 法
Korean: (성문화된) 법률, 법제, 성문율
Lithuanian: teisė
Latvian: likumā paredzētā kārtība
Malay: undang-undang
Dutch: wet
Norwegian: lov
Polish: prawo
Persian: قانون
Pashto: قانون
Portuguese: lei
Romanian: lege
Russian: закон
Slovak: právo
Slovenian: pravo; zakon
Serbian: zakon
Swedish: lag
Thai: กฏหมาย
Turkish: yasa, kanun
Taiwanese: 法律
Ukrainian: закон
Urdu: رائج یا نافذ اصول، قاعدہ 
Vietnamese: pháp luật
Chinese: 法律
