Explore Law through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like jurisprudence or concept. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
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Law meaning
- The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities.
- The body of such rules that pertain to a particular topic.
Synonyms of Law
Using Law
- The main meaning on this page is: The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities. | The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities. | The body of such rules that pertain to a particular topic.
- Useful related words include: jurisprudence, concept, conception, construct.
- Possible Dutch translations are: wet, recht.
- In the example corpus, law often appears in combinations such as: the law, of law, law and.
Context around Law
- Average sentence length in these examples: 32.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 11 start, 9 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Law
- In this selection, "law" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 32.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, criminal, family, civil, jurisdictions, school and inheritance stand out and add context to how "law" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include brothers in law and sisters, sisters in law, common law, law school and civil law. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "law" sits close to words such as making, does and night, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with law
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This includes family law, inheritance law, obligations law, contract law, employment law, tax law, consumer protection, enforcement proceedings. (18 words)
This year, for the first time, specialties of criminal law, constitutional law, corporate law, and commercial law were also ranked. (20 words)
Or is there a higher law, a permanent law, God’s law, immutable and eternal, to which man’s law should conform? (22 words)
The official start of the Second Edition Rolemaster series came with a Boxed Set (the so-called "Red Spine" set) containing redesigned editions of Arms Law & Claw Law, Spell Law, and Character Law & Campaign Law, all with red-bordered covers. (40 words)
Donna was predeceased by her parents, Glenna and Clifton Parrott; by her mother-in-law Monique Roberge, her father-in-law Felix Roberge, as well as her brother-in-law Jean Pierre (John) Roberge, and brother-in-law Donald Poutre. (40 words)
Preceding her in death were her parents, Harold and Leona Heid; her husband, Arlyn Steffen; her brother, Kenneth Heid; her father-in-law and mother-in-law, Frank and Veronica Steffen; and many brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law. (40 words)
Or is there a higher law, a permanent law, God’s law, immutable and eternal, to which man’s law should conform? (22 words)
Example sentences (20)
This includes family law, inheritance law, obligations law, contract law, employment law, tax law, consumer protection, enforcement proceedings.
In civil law jurisdictions at present, judges interpret the law to about the same extent as in common law jurisdictions however it is different from the common law tradition which directly recognizes the limited power to make law.
The official start of the Second Edition Rolemaster series came with a Boxed Set (the so-called "Red Spine" set) containing redesigned editions of Arms Law & Claw Law, Spell Law, and Character Law & Campaign Law, all with red-bordered covers.
Donna was predeceased by her parents, Glenna and Clifton Parrott; by her mother-in-law Monique Roberge, her father-in-law Felix Roberge, as well as her brother-in-law Jean Pierre (John) Roberge, and brother-in-law Donald Poutre.
The Sociological definition of law views the law as a means of social control in a society that is coercive while the Realist definition of law describes the law in terms of judicial processes.
Preceding her in death were her parents, Harold and Leona Heid; her husband, Arlyn Steffen; her brother, Kenneth Heid; her father-in-law and mother-in-law, Frank and Veronica Steffen; and many brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law.
The major topics of study include the purposes of criminal law, the elements of criminal law, defenses to crimes, criminal sanctions, constitutional limits on criminal law and the entrepreneurial mindset as applied to an issue in criminal law.
This year, for the first time, specialties of criminal law, constitutional law, corporate law, and commercial law were also ranked.
After receiving his law degree, Knudsen worked at a law firm in Plentywood before returning home to Culbertson to open his own law practice and has now been practicing law for eleven years.
Lauren R. Aronson, an associate clinical professor of law and the director of the Immigration Law Clinic at the College of Law, spoke with News Bureau business and law editor Phil Ciciora about the rise in unaccompanied minors.
Or is there a higher law, a permanent law, God’s law, immutable and eternal, to which man’s law should conform?
There is a popular philosopher, A.V. Dicey, he propounded the rule of law, which has three cardinal principles: Equality before the law, justice before the law and in accordance to the law.
About University: The Widener University Delaware Law School and Widener University Commonwealth Law School are Widener University’s two, ABA-accredited law schools, which had been the two campuses of Widener University School of Law.
Again, Constitutional Law 101. When any law traditional/customary or otherwise conflicts with the “Supreme Law” of the land (the Constitution), the constitution takes precedence over such law(s).
Palmerston also said that “the law of nature is stronger than even the law of nations,” adding that “the law of self-preservation” is the only law a nation needs appeal to for justification.
Referring to the amendment of the citizenship law and the labour law, the programme read: “The citizenship law and the labour law will be amended.
She was also preceded in death by her beloved son Randy Karstaedt in 2014; her husband Wimpy; parents; brother-in-law Wayne Truttmann; sister-in-law Pat Burkhardt; and numerous brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law.
Civil law notaries have jurisdiction over strictly non-contentious domestic civil-private law in the areas of property law, family law, agency, wills and succession, and company formation.
Gay-Lussac's Law main Gay-Lussac's Law, Amontons' Law or the Pressure Law, was found by Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac in 1809.
In some cases, domestic courts may render judgment against a foreign state (the realm of private international law) for an injury, though this is a complicated area of law where international law intersects with domestic law.
Phrases with law
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with law
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the law 79×
- of law 50×
- law and 43×
- common law 28×
- law of 25×
- law in 24×
- law school 23×
- civil law 19×
- law is 19×
- law enforcement 15×