law

The noun law has 7 senses

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