law*/*/*/

law*/*/*/
[lɔː]
noun
1) the law
[singular] the system of rules that must be obeyed in society
Failing to declare any extra income is against the law.[/ex]
How can I bring my boyfriend into the country without breaking the law (= doing something that is not allowed by the law)?[/ex]
2) [C/U] an official rule that people must obey, or a set of these rules
The new law will be passed by Parliament in the spring.[/ex]
Several traffic laws had been broken.[/ex]
a law against shoplifting[/ex]
3) [U] the academic study of laws, or the profession of working as a judge, lawyer etc
a degree in law[/ex]
My son is at law school.[/ex]
Anne's been practising law (= working as a lawyer) for 20 years.[/ex]
4) [C] an explanation of a natural or scientific process
the laws of physics/gravity[/ex]
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law and order — safe and peaceful conditions in society that result when people obey the law[/ex]
take the law into your own hands — to punish someone in your own way without involving the police or the courts, often by doing something illegal→ lay sth down[/ex]

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