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Definition & Synonyms
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• Law
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) Legal science; jurisprudence; the principles of equity; applied justice.
- (interj.) An exclamation of mild surprise.
- (n.) Trial by the laws of the land; judicial remedy; litigation; as, to go law.
- (v. t.) Same as Lawe, v. t.
- (n.) The Jewish or Mosaic code, and that part of Scripture where it is written, in distinction from the gospel; hence, also, the Old Testament.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) An oath, as in the presence of a court.
- (n.) Any edict, decree, order, ordinance, statute, resolution, judicial, decision, usage, etc., or recognized, and enforced, by the controlling authority.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) An organic rule, as a constitution or charter, establishing and defining the conditions of the existence of a state or other organized community.
Synonyms:
Constabulary, Jurisprudence, Police,
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• Lawful
- (a.) Constituted or authorized by law; rightful; as, the lawful owner of lands.
- (a.) Conformable to law; allowed by law; legitimate; competent.
Synonyms:
Legitimate, Licit, Orderly, Rightful, True,
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• Lawyerly
- (a.) Like, or becoming, a lawyer; as, lawyerlike sagacity.
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Erroneous, Chaired, Backbite, Elective, Quarts, Guat, Twice, Claustrophobia, Freak, Spike, Guardianships, Chaotic, Exhumes, Tendency, Elective, Guardia, Guardednessing, Excreta, Efficient, Overt, Erroneous, Plain, Sock, Temple, Rescinded, Rite, Snatch, Wicked, Neck, Depict, Perception, Scuffle, |
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A, A1, Aquiline, Aardvark, Aardwolf, Abaca, Aback, Abacus, Abaft, Abalone, Abandon, Abandoned, Abandonment, Abase, Abasement, Abash, Abashed, Abashment, Abate, Abatement, Abater, Abattoir, Abb, Abbacy, Abbess, Abbey, Abbot, Abbreviate, Abbreviation, Abdicate, Abdication, Abdomen, |
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