legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity; 'there is a law against kidnapping' the collection of rules imposed by authority; 'civilization presupposes respect for the law'; 'the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order' a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature; 'the laws of thermodynamics' a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system; 'he studied law at Yale' police: the force of policemen and officers; 'the law came looking for him' jurisprudence: the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
Law is a system of rules that is usually enforced through a set of institutions. Law affects everyday life and society in a variety of ways. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus ticket to trading swaptions on a derivatives market. ...
Law is a Dark Horse Comics supervillain. He first appeared in Division 13 #1 (1994). He appeared in comics published under both the Comics' Greatest World and Dark Horse Heroes imprints.
Law is the first episode of the first season of US version of Da Ali G Show. It first aired on February 21, 2003 on HBO.
In mathematics, the law of a stochastic process is the measure that the process induces on the collection of functions from the index set into the state space.
A statement, usually mathematical, which describes some physical phenomena. Compare: hypothesis and theory.
A Law is an act of Congress that has been signed by the President or that Congress has passed over the President’s veto.
The rules governing our daily lives.
of a State or Territory means a law of, or in force in, the State or Territory.
A rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority (US federal government, state government, and so on).
A statement that summarizes the results observed in an experiment that is repeated many times by many different scientists. A scientific law is widely accepted as true or as a fact.
All the official rules and codes that govern citizens’ actions, including the Constitution, statutory laws enacted by the Legislature, case laws established by court decisions, and administrative law as set forth by executive branch agencies.
The laws of Japan apply to understanding and execution of the TERMS. Any lawsuit related to the TERMS is to be filed and judged at the Tokyo District Court of Japan.
The body of teaching in the first five books (the Pentateuch) of what is now called the Old Testament - the "books of Moses." Many Jews included as part of the Law the oral "tradition of the Elders."
A statement by the legislature or the courts that must be obeyed and followed by citizens. The laws of Washington State are contained in the Revised Code of Washington (RCW).
an act or bill which has become part of the legal code through passage by Congress and approval by the President (or via Congressional override).
The unique code that identifies the law which is authorizing the enforcement action or being violated. (The list of possible laws are presented in the section below.)
Used only in the K classes for materials with extensive citations to statutes, cases, etc. that would require use of a law library. The term also includes materials for practicing attorneys.
A descriptive generalization about how some aspect of the natural world behaves under stated circumstances. A scientific law (sometimes called a principle) is a powerful summary of many previously unrelated facts. (Eg, Newton's Law of Gravitation, 1687)
The principle whereby an act done at a later date is considered to have been done on a prior date. Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition; Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
(Recht) is a legitimate order which is guaranteed by physical or psychic coercion.
adj. 2. arbitrarily laid down; determined by enactment or convention (opposed to natural); positive law.
(specifically used). The Mosaic Law; the Torah.
the means by which members of a group regulate their conduct and deal with breaches of rules and incompatible interests.
code, statute, court opinion, legislative report
The rules of conduct established and enforced by authority, legislation or custom of a given community, state or other group; any one of such rules.
dhamma (qv).
Place of jurisdiction is the court in Vienna with jurisdiction as regards the subject matter, for private customers their locally competent court with jurisdiction as regards the subject matter. Austrian law shall apply to the exclusion of the conflict rules.
A naturally occuring principle or set of principles by which all things conform to predetermined conduct in absolute.
"Law" includes decisional and statutory law and rules and regulations having the force of law.[1995, c. 694, Pt. B, §2 (new); Pt. E, §2 (aff).]
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