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")