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From Old English lagu, from Proto-Norse *lagu, Old Norse lǫg (pl.)
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: lô, IPA: /lɔː/, SAMPA: /lO:/
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- (US) IPA: /lɑ/, /lɔ/, SAMPA: /lA/, /lO/
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- Rhymes: -ɔː
- Homophones: lore (in some non-rhotic accents)
Noun
law (countable and uncountable; plural laws)
- (uncountable) The body of rules and standards issued by a government, or to be applied by courts and similar authorities.
- By law, one is not allowed to own a wallaby in New York City.
- A particular such rule.
- A new law forbids driving on that road.
- (more generally) A written or understood rule that concerns behaviours and the appropriate consequences thereof. Laws are usually associated with mores.
- "Do unto others as you wish them to do unto you" is a good law to follow.
- A one-sided contract.
- A well-established, observed physical characteristic or behavior of nature.
- Newton and Einstein understood the law of gravitation in very different ways.
- (mathematics) A statement that is true under specified conditions.
- A category of English "common law" petitions that request monetary relief, as opposed to relief in forms other than a monetary judgment; compare to "equity".
- (cricket) One of the official rules of cricket as codified by the MCC.
- (slang, uncountable) The police.
- Here comes the law — run!
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Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *lьvъ, from Proto-Indo-European *lewo-.
Noun
law m.
Scots
Noun
law (plural laws)
Sranan Tongo
Verb
law
- To be crazy
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