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"
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 graduatestudy 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"
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