n. 25B6; noun
the law of the land : RULES AND REGULATIONS, body of laws, constitution, legislation, legal code.
a new law was passed : REGULATION, statute, enactment, act, bill, decree, edict, rule, ruling, resolution, dictum, command, order, directive, pronouncement, proclamation, dictate, diktat, fiat, by-law; N. Amer. formal ordinance.
a career in the law : THE LEGAL PROFESSION, the bar.
I'll take you to law! : LITIGATION, legal action, lawsuit, justice.
(informal) on the run from the law. : See police noun .
the laws of the game : RULE, regulation, principle, convention, instruction, guideline.
a moral law : PRINCIPLE, rule, precept, directive, injunction, commandment, belief, creed, credo, maxim, tenet, doctrine, canon.
legal.