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English to English interjection
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An exclamation of mild surprise. |  | source: webster1913 noun
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the collection of rules imposed by authority | | Example: civilization presupposes respect for the law
the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order
source: wordnet30
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legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity | | Example: there is a law against kidnapping
source: wordnet30
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a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society | | source: wordnet30
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a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature | | Example: the laws of thermodynamics
source: wordnet30
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the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do | | source: wordnet30
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the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system | | Example: he studied law at Yale
source: wordnet30
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the force of policemen and officers | | Example: the law came looking for him
source: wordnet30
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In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling regulation; the mode or order according to which an agent or a power acts. | | source: webster1913 verb
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Same as Lawe, v. t. | | source: webster1913
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