law

გამოთქმა: /lɔː/

განმარტებულია law სიტყვის თარგმნა სინონიმები ანტონიმები

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1 [mass noun] (often the law) the system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties:shooting the birds is against the law they were taken to court for breaking the law [as modifier]:law enforcement
[count noun] an individual rule as part of a system of law:a new law was passed to make divorce easier and simpler
systems of law as a subject of study or as the basis of the legal profession:he was still practising law [as modifier]:a law firm law students
statute law and the common law. Compare with equity.
something regarded as having binding force or effect:he had supreme control—what he said was law
(the law) informal the police:he’d never been in trouble with the law in his life

2a rule defining correct procedure or behaviour in a sport:the laws of the game

3a statement of fact, deduced from observation, to the effect that a particular natural or scientific phenomenon always occurs if certain conditions are present:the second law of thermodynamics
a generalization based on a fact or event perceived to be recurrent:the first law of American corporate life is that dead wood floats

4 [mass noun] the body of divine commandments as expressed in the Bible or other religious texts.
(the Law) the Pentateuch as distinct from the other parts of the Hebrew Bible (the Prophets and the Writings).
(also the Law of Moses) the precepts of the Pentateuch.

at (or in) law: according to or concerned with the laws of a country:an agreement enforceable at law a barrister-at-law
be a law unto oneself: behave in a manner that is not conventional or predictable: she was a law unto herself and did what she wanted to do
go to law: British resort to legal action in order to settle a matter: the process of going to law is not as simple as one may imagine
law and order: a situation characterized by respect for and obedience to the rules of a society: his forces were preparing to withdraw from the province after restoring law and order
the law of the jungle: see jungle.
lay down the law: issue instructions to other people in an authoritative or dogmatic way: I am not attempting to lay down the law, but simply wish to voice my opinion
take the law into one's own hands: punish someone for an offence according to one’s own ideas of justice, especially in an illegal or violent way: people have been urged to keep calm and not take the law into their own hands
take someone to law: initiate legal proceedings against someone: he’s got to pay for it, or I’ll take him to law
there's no law against it: informal said to assert that one is doing nothing wrong, especially in response to an actual or implied criticism: I can laugh, can’t I? There’s no law against it

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