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legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity
there is a law against kidnapping
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the collection of rules imposed by authority
civilization presupposes respect for the law
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a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
the laws of thermodynamics
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a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
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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
he studied law at Yale
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the force of policemen and officers
the law came looking for him
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the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
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