| law | (noun) the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system | Synonyms: practice of law |
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| (noun) a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society | Synonyms: natural law |
| (noun) a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature | Synonyms: law of nature |
| (noun) the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do | Synonyms: jurisprudence, legal philosophy |
| (noun) legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity | - |
| (noun) the collection of rules imposed by authority | Synonyms: jurisprudence |
| (noun) the force of policemen and officers | Synonyms: constabulary, police, police force |
| lawbreaker | (noun) someone who violates the law | Synonyms: law offender, violator |
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| lawcourt | (noun) a tribunal that is presided over by a magistrate or by one or more judges who administer justice according to the laws | Synonyms: court of justice, court of law, law court |
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| lawful | (adjective) conformable to or allowed by law | - |
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| (adjective) authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law | Synonyms: legitimate, licit |
| (adjective) having a legally established claim | Synonyms: rightful, true |
| (adjective) according to custom or rule or natural law | Synonyms: rule-governed |
| lawfully | (adverb) by law; conforming to the law | Synonyms: de jure, legally |
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| (adverb) in a manner acceptable to common custom | Synonyms: legitimately, licitly |
| lawfulness | (noun) the quality of conforming to law | - |
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| lawgiver | (noun) a maker of laws; someone who gives a code of laws | Synonyms: lawmaker |
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| lawless | (adjective) without law or control | Synonyms: anarchic, anarchical |
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| (adjective) disobedient to or defiant of law | Synonyms: outlaw |
| (adjective) lax in enforcing laws | Synonyms: wide-open |
| lawlessly | (adverb) in an illegal manner | Synonyms: illegally, illicitly |
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| lawlessness | (noun) illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law | Synonyms: outlawry |
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| (noun) a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government) | Synonyms: anarchy |
| lawmaker | (noun) a maker of laws; someone who gives a code of laws | Synonyms: lawgiver |
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| lawmaking | (noun) the act of making or enacting laws | Synonyms: legislating, legislation |
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| lawman | (noun) an officer of the law | Synonyms: law officer, peace officer |
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| lawn | (noun) a field of cultivated and mowed grass | - |
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| lawrencium | (noun) a radioactive transuranic element synthesized from californium | Synonyms: atomic number 103, Lr |
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| lawsuit | (noun) a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy | Synonyms: case, causa, cause, suit |
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| lawyer | (noun) a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice | Synonyms: attorney |
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| lawyerbush | (noun) stout-stemmed trailing shrub of New Zealand that scrambles over other growth | Synonyms: bush lawyer, lawyer bush, Rubus australis, Rubus cissoides |
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