if, when / case, occasion, circumstances, situation

penalty / penal code

application of something

to apply

the field, profession, and study of law. The rule of law / a statute / an act of a legislature

stern, grave, forbidding; dignified, stately / strict, unforgiving / tight, close, without gaps / harsh, tough, extreme, severe, hard to withstand (said of natural phenomena)

(rare, archaic) wondrous, miraculous, splendid, sublime / (rare, archaic) dignified, solemn, stern, noble, refined / (rare, archaic) beautiful, pretty

the way in which something is tightly packed or close together without gaps

violation

to violate a law