Set of rules generally regarded and accepted as binding in relations between states and between nations, serving as a framework for the practice of stable and organized international relations.

The task of ensuring obedience to the law. / The various government agencies, regarded collectively, involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals.

(idiomatic) The survival of the fittest, strongest, or most cunning

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see against, the, law. / (law) Illegal; forbidden by law.

plural of civil law

A stepfather of one's spouse.

(singular only) The strict interpretation of the law or rules.

(statistics) The statistical tendency toward a fixed proportion in the results when an experiment is repeated a large number of times; the law of large numbers.

The interpretation of the law towards the end of providing justice, even if this interpretation does not fall within the law as written.

A scientific generalization based upon empirical observation that is part of physics, standing in contrast to chemical law, biological law, sociological law, etc.