English Dictionary

law

/lɔː/

noun

The body of such rules that pertain to a particular topic. / Common law, as contrasted with equity. / A binding regulation or custom established in a community in this way.

He studied law at Harvard University.

意味（1）

The body of such rules that pertain to a particular topic.

property law

意味（2）

Common law, as contrasted with equity.

意味（3）

A binding regulation or custom established in a community in this way.

There is a law against importing wallabies.

意味（4）

Any rule that must or should be obeyed, concerning behaviours and their consequences. (Compare mores.)

Do unto others as you wish them to do unto you is a good law to follow.

意味（5）

A rule or principle regarding the construction of language or art.

the laws of playwriting and poetry

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A statement (in physics, etc) of an (observed, established) order or sequence or relationship of phenomena which is invariable under certain conditions. (Compare theory.)

Observing pi is easier than studying physical phenomena, because you can prove things in mathematics, whereas you can't prove anything in physics. And, unfortunately, the laws of physics change once every generation.

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(mathematics, logic) A statement (of relation) that is true under specified conditions; a mathematical or logical rule.

Mathematical laws can be proved purely through mathematics, without scientific experimentation.

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Any statement of the relation of acts and conditions to their consequences.

the law of scarcity

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(linguistics) A sound law; a regular change in the pronunciation of a language.

Grimm's law

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(cricket) One of the official rules of cricket as codified by the its (former) governing body, the MCC.

意味（11）

The control and order brought about by the observance of such rules.

They worked to maintain law and order.

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(informal) A person or group that act(s) with authority to uphold such rules and order (for example, one or more police officers).

Here comes the law — run!

意味（13）

The profession that deals with such rules (as lawyers, judges, police officers, etc).

He is studying for a career in law.

意味（14）

Jurisprudence, the field of knowledge which encompasses these rules.

She went to university to study law.

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Litigation; legal action (as a means of maintaining or restoring order, redressing wrongs, etc).

They were quick to go to law.

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(now uncommon) An allowance of distance or time (a head start) given to a weaker (human or animal) competitor in a race, to make the race more fair.

After a few minutes' waiting, two well-known runners, chosen for the hares, buckled on the four bags filled with scent, compared their watches with those of young Brooke and Thome, and started off at a long, slinging trot across the fields in the direction of Barby. Then the hounds clustered round Thome, who explained shortly, They're to have six minutes' law.

意味（17）

(aviation) A mode of operation of the flight controls of a fly-by-wire aircraft.

normal law; alternate law; direct law

意味（18）

(fantasy) One of two metaphysical forces ruling the world in some fantasy settings, also called order, and opposed to chaos.

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(law, chiefly historical) An oath sworn before a court, especially disclaiming a debt. (Chiefly in the phrases "wager of law", "wage one's law", "perform one's law", "lose one's law".)

As to the depriving the defendant of waging his law, it was thought, the practice merited discouragement, as a temptation to perjury.