| query | A l__ is a scientific rule that someone has invented to explain a particular natural process.A law is a scientific rule that someone has invented to explain a particular natural process. ...the law of gravity. |
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| word | law |
| full-definition | noun The law is a system of rules that a society or government develops in order to deal with crime, business agreements, and social relationships. You can also use the law to refer to the people who work in this system. Obscene and threatening phone calls are against the law. He had broken the law on election funding and illegally received money from abroad. There must be changes in the law to stop this sort of thing happening. The book analyses why women kill and how the law treats them. Law is used to refer to a particular branch of the law, such as criminal law or company law . He was a professor of criminal law at Harvard University law school. Under international law, diplomats living in foreign countries are exempt from criminal prosecution. Important questions of constitutional law were involved. A law is one of the rules in a system of law which deals with a particular type of agreement, relationship, or crime. ...the country's liberal political asylum law. The law was passed on a second vote. The laws of an organization or activity are its rules, which are used to organize and control it. ...the laws of the Church of England. Match officials should not tolerate such behaviour but instead enforce the laws of the game. A law is a rule or set of rules for good behaviour which is considered right and important by the majority of people for moral, religious, or emotional reasons . ...inflexible moral laws. A law is a natural process in which a particular event or thing always leads to a particular result. The laws of nature are absolute. A law is a scientific rule that someone has invented to explain a particular natural process. ...the law of gravity. Law or the law is all the professions which deal with advising people about the law, representing people in court, or giving decisions and punishments . A career in law is becoming increasingly attractive to young people. Nearly 100 law firms are being referred to the Solicitors' Disciplinary Tribunal. Law is the study of systems of law and how laws work. He came to Oxford and studied law. He holds a law degree from Bristol University. |
| inflections | laws |
| cefr-level | A2 |
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