Definition of law

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• law is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 6
• law is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 6
• law is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 7

Definition of law

• the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system (noun)

  Examples

  1. he studied law at Yale

  Synonyms

  1. practice of law
• a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. natural law
• the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun)

  Examples

  1. civilization presupposes respect for the law

  Synonyms

  1. jurisprudence
• the force of policemen and officers (noun)

  Examples

  1. the law came looking for him

  Synonyms

  1. constabulary
  2. police
  3. police force
• the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. jurisprudence
  2. legal philosophy
• a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature (noun)

  Examples

  1. the laws of thermodynamics

  Synonyms

  1. law of nature
• legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity (noun)

  Examples

  1. there is a law against kidnapping

See definition of law in Merriam Webster