LAW

n. 1 rule, regulation, ordinance, statute, act, enactment, by-law, measure, edict, decree, order, directive, injunction, command, commandment, canon, mandate, ukase They have a law that forbids smoking on aeroplanes 2 corpus juris, (legal) code, constitution, rules and regulations, charter, Law equity The law must be applied equally to all citizens 3 principle, proposition, theory, theorem, formula, axiom, deduction, corollary, postulate, conclusion, inference Not every observable phenomenon obeys the laws of physics