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Meaning of law

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  law
      n 1: the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization
           presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for
           jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" [syn:
           {law}, {jurisprudence}]
      2: legal document setting forth rules governing a particular
         kind of activity; "there is a law against kidnapping"
      3: a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature
         and essential to or binding upon human society [syn: {law},
         {natural law}]
      4: a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in
         nature; "the laws of thermodynamics" [syn: {law}, {law of
         nature}]
      5: the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the
         principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
         [syn: {jurisprudence}, {law}, {legal philosophy}]
      6: 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" [syn: {law}, {practice of law}]
      7: the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking
         for him" [syn: {police}, {police force}, {constabulary},
         {law}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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