Define law in Science

noun 1.

a rule or set of rules, enforceable by the courts, regulating the government of a state, the relationship between the organs of government and the subjects of the state, and the relationship or conduct of subjects towards each other

2.

1. a rule or body of rules made by the legislature See statute law
2. a rule or body of rules made by a municipal or other authority See bylaw

3.

1. the condition and control enforced by such rules
2. (in combination): lawcourt

4.

a rule of conduct: a law of etiquette

5.

one of a set of rules governing a particular field of activity: the laws of tennis

6. the law

1. the legal or judicial system
2. the profession or practice of law
3. (informal) the police or a policeman

7.

a binding force or statement: his word is law

8.

Also called law of nature. a generalization based on a recurring fact or event

9.

the science or knowledge of law; jurisprudence

10. the principles originating and formerly applied only in courts of common law Compare equity (sense 3) 11.

a general principle, formula, or rule describing a phenomenon in mathematics, science, philosophy, etc: the laws of thermodynamics

13.

a law unto itself, a law unto himself, a person or thing that is outside established laws

14.

go to law, to resort to legal proceedings on some matter

15.

lay down the law, to speak in an authoritative or dogmatic manner

16.

(Judaism) reading the Law, reading of the Law, that part of the morning service on Sabbaths, festivals, and Mondays and Thursdays during which a passage is read from the Torah scrolls

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