MAY ENFORCE BY THE IMPOSITION OF PENALTIES. THEY WERE TAKEN TO COURT FOR BREAKING THE LAW" AN INDIVIDUAL RULE AS PART OF A SYSTEM OF LAW. PLURAL NOUN: LAWS "AN INITIATIVE TO TIGHTEN UP THE LAWS ON PORNOGRAPHY" SYNONYMS: REGULATION, STATUTE, ENACTMENT, ACT, BILL, DECREE, EDICT, BYLAW, RULE, RULING, ORDINANCE, DICTUM, COMMAND, ORDER, DIRECTIVE, PRONOUNCEMENT, PROCLAMATION, DICTATE, FIAT "A NEW LAW WAS PASSED" SYSTEMS OF LAW AS A SUBJECT OF STUDY OR AS THE BASIS OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION. "HE WAS STILL PRACTICING LAW" SYNONYMS: THE LEGAL PROFESSION, THE BAR "A CAREER IN LAW" A THING REGARDED AS HAVING THE BINDING FORCE OR EFFECT OF A FORMAL SYSTEM OF RULES. "WHAT HE SAID WAS LAW" INFORMAL THE POLICE. "HE'D NEVER BEEN IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW IN HIS LIFE" STATUTORY LAW AND THE COMMON LAW. A RULE DEFINING CORRECT PROCEDURE OR BEHAVIOR IN A SPORT. "THE LAWS OF THE GAME" SYNONYMS: RULE, REGULATION, PRINCIPLE, CONVENTION, INSTRUCTION, GUIDELINE "THE LAWS OF THE GAME"

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