Synonym: act, decree, edict, formula, ordinance, principle, proclamation, regulation, rule, standard. Similar words: lawn, lawsuit, lawmaker. Meaning: [lɔː] 
n. 1. legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity 2. the collection of rules imposed by authority 3. a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature 4. a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society 5. the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system 6. the force of policemen and officers 7. the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do.
n. 1. legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity 2. the collection of rules imposed by authority 3. a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature 4. a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society 5. the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system 6. the force of policemen and officers 7. the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do. 
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151. She claimed that the government had only changed the law in order to appease their critics.
152. Under federal law, it is illegal to discriminate against minorities and women.
153. If you defy the law, you may find yourself in prison.
154. British schools are now required by law to publish their exam results.
155. In British law, you are presumed innocent until you are proved guilty.
156. The judge called the decision "a flagrant violation of international law".
157. The law prohibits tobacconists from selling cigarettes to young men.
158. This archaic law remained on the statute books until last year.
159. The new law threatens the livelihood of thousands of farmers.
160. The law has done little to prevent racial discrimination and inequality.
161. Shops have been ordered to get their price increases within the limits set by the new law.