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n. [the legislation concerned with violations of law, esp. crimes]

n. legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity; "there is a law against kidnapping"

n. the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

law, law of nature

n. a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature; "the laws of thermodynamics"

law, natural law

n. a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society

law, practice of law

n. 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"

police, police force, constabulary, law

n. the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking for him"

jurisprudence, law, legal philosophy

n. the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do

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edict

n. a formal or authoritative proclamation

legislative act, statute

n. an act passed by a legislative body

Maxim, Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim

n. English inventor (born in the United States) who invented the Maxim gun that was used in World War I (1840-1916)

charter

n. a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation

code, codification

n. a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones)

injunction, enjoining, enjoinment, cease and desist order

n. (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity; "injunction were formerly obtained by writ but now by a judicial order"

criterion, standard

n. the ideal in terms of which something can be judged; "they live by the standards of their community"

criterion, standard

n. the ideal in terms of which something can be judged; "they live by the standards of their community"

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