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n. 1) any system of regulations to govern the conduct of the peop...
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A rule established by authority, society, or custom.
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A binding custom or practice of a community, enforced by the judiciary. A rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority. [D02929]
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A system of rules of conduct established and enforced by the authority, legislation, or custom of a given community, state, or nation. Used in the singular to mean a specific law (a law protecting fre [..]
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A basic concept in population genetics that relates the gene frequency to the genotype frequency. The Hardy-Weinberg law can be used, for example, to determine allele frequency and heterozygote frequency when the incidence of a genetic disorder is known.
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Relationships Narrower Term:  slip law Related Term:  code regulation Synonym:  statute n. ~ 1. The whole of statutes, administrative regulations, judicial precedents, and legal principles that define [..]
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Natural laws summarize patterns that recur in a large amount of data. Unlike human laws, natural laws don't forbid or permit; they describe.
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Low active waste; usually with an activity concentration of less than 1010 Bq/m3.
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/Public Law/Private Law An act of Congress that has been signed by the president or passed over his veto by Congress. Public bills, when signed, become public laws, and are cited by the letters PL and [..]
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1640s, "to litigate," from law (n.). Old English had lagian "make a law, ordain." Related: Lawed; lawing.
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Old English lagu (plural laga, comb. form lah-) "ordinance, rule prescribed by authority, regulation; district governed by the same laws;" also sometimes "right, legal privilege," [..]
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Law [N] [B] [S]a rule of action. The Law of Nature is the will of God as to human conduct, founded on the moral difference of things, and discoverable by natural light ( Romans 1:20 ; Romans 2:14 Roma [..]
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public rule.
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Social control based on consensus and individual rights being subordinate to the welfare of the community.
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Generally accepted, verified, fundamental principle of nature. Laws have been tested and verified through the scientific method. As a house is constructed from concrete, lumber, and nails, a theory is [..]
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1) Any system of regulations to govern the conduct of the people of an organization, community, society, or nation. 2) A statute, ordinance, or regulation enacted by the legislative branch of a govern [..]
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the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforci [..]
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Enforceable rules of conduct.
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rules made by the government of a country
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the same five books as in the "Torah
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a rule of action. (1.) The Law of Nature is the will of God as to human conduct, founded on the moral difference of things, and discoverable by natural light (Rom. 1:20; 2:14, 15). This law binds all [..]
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The word is properly used, in Scripture as elsewhere, to express a definite commandment laid down by any recognized authority; but when the word is used with the article, and without any words of limi [..]
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Written rules established by a political authority and backed by government.
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Lower case even when it’s ‘the law’.
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School of Law
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An act of Congress that has been signed by the President or passed over his veto by Congress. The two digits before the hyphen correspond to the Congress, and the one or more digits after the hyphen r [..]
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din
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A rule for all Canadians made by the Senators and Members of Parliament through discussion and voting.
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A set of rules created by custom or authority to govern the acts of a community or people. Laws are often enforced through penalties.
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  As used in the Texas Election Code, means a constitution, statute, city charter, or city ordinance.
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Binding rules by which society is governed. (See bill, and regulations)
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Common law is law set by precedent in court and by interpretation of the Constitution and statute law. Statute law is governing action or procedure approved through the legislative process.
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[Old English lagu, of Scandinavian origin] 1 : a rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority: as a : a command or provision enacted .. [..]
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A statement, usually mathematical, that describes the relation between variables in some particular physical phenomena. Compare: hypothesis and theory.
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Rules of conduct determined by the people through their elected representatives or by direct vote.
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By bridging the gap between Law and Science in the context of the ecosystems of the seas this module investigates why the detailed regulation and legal instruments adopted to ensure the protection of [..]
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Mind in action.
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A concise statement, in words or a mathematical equation, about a fundamental relationship or regularity of nature.
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rule or principle describing a physical relationship that always works in the same way under the same conditions; descriptive                 statement or equation that reliably predicts events under [..]
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A statement that summarizes the results observed in an experiment that is repeated many times by many different scientists. A scientific law is widely accepted as true or as a fact.
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The body of teaching in the first five books (the Pentateuch) of what is now called the Old Testament - the "books of Moses." Many Jews included as part of the Law the oral "tradition o [..]
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A statement that describes a natural phenomenon; a principle.
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A statement, usually mathematical, which describes some physical phenomena. Compare: hypothesis and theory.
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The system of formalized rules established by political authorities and backed by the power of the state for the purpose of controlling or regulating social behavior.
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The system of law is a set of rules of conduct of any organized society that are enforced by threat of punishment if they are violated. Modern law has a broad scope and regulates many branches of cond [..]
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Law
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A phenomenon in nature that has been proven to occur whenever certain conditions are met; also the statement of the phenomenon (Lessons 1, 6)
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(1) A statement that predicts natural behavior. (2) A statement that precludes natural behavior.
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Rules established by governing authorities to maintain order in a society.
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To give one law. A sporting term, meaning the chance of saving oneself. Thus a hare or a stag is allowed “law”—i.e. a certain start before any hound is permitted to attack i [..]
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The enforceable rules that govern individual and group conduct in a society. The law establishes standards of conduct, the procedures governing standards of conduct, and the remedies available when th [..]
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Means Law No (2) of 1998 Concerning the Regulation of the Water, Wastewater and Electricity Sector (as amended by Law No (19) of 2007). LED Light-emitting diode
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A legal code, including trial and enforcement. Examples are Code of Hammurabi (also known as Codex Hammurabi) which is one of the earliest and best preserved law codes from ancient Babylon created ca. 1760 BC, The Code Napoléon in France was established under Napoléon I and entered into force on March 21, 1804.
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fact deduced from observation or sensation.
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A rule enacted through legislation that prohibits certain actions and is enforced by the imposition of penalties. Canada environmental and wildlife laws aimed at protecting and conserving the environm [..]
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Those federal and state laws, and their enforcement, that protect trade and Commerce from unlawful restraints and monopolies or unfair business practices.
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A branch of law that defines Criminal offenses, regulates the apprehension, charging and trial of suspected Persons, and fixes the penalties and modes of treatment applicable to convicted Offenders.
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Laws concerned with manufacturing, dispensing, and Marketing of Drugs.
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Laws and Regulations concerned with industrial processing and Marketing of Foods.
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Rules of conduct derived from Nature and considered to be binding upon Human society in the absence of, or in addition to, institutional law. (Bioethics Thesaurus)
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A formulation of an ordered or predictable relationship between forms. Such laws can be diachronic or synchronic. An example of the former is Grimm's Law which states (simply) that Indo-European [..]
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The combination of rules and principles of conduct promulgated by legislative authority, derived from court decisions, and established by local custom.
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This article surveys the economic analysis of five primary fields of law: property law; liability for accidents; contract law; litigation; and public ...
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John Law of Lauriston has been regarded by some observers as a monetary crank, by others as a precursor of modern schemes of managed money and Keynesian ...
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This article surveys the economic analysis of public enforcement of law – the use of public agents (inspectors, tax auditors, police, prosecutors) to ...
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"Law" includes decisional and statutory law and rules and regulations having the force of law.
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, v. ‘To take the law’ of a person is to go to law with him.
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"In Gnosis, we look at ethics, morality, or guidelines for behavior as having two fundamental aspects, or two divisions you could say, and these are the First Law and the Second Law. A law of course is a guideline, a rule - this is the way we usually think of a law, something that somebody decided and opposes on us, but we are not talking abou [..]
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The police
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The set of rules developed by the government to deal with, among other things, crime.
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Provisions which regulate the conduct of society, primarily generated by the legislative brand of government.
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The combination of those rules and principles of conduct promulgated by legislative authority, derived from court decisions and established by local custom.
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Generally accepted, verified, fundamental principle of nature. Laws have been tested and verified through the scientific method. As a house is constructed from concrete, lumber, and nails, a theory is [..]
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In Recommendations 10, 11 and 20, the term “law” refers to any legislation issued or approved through a Parliamentary process or other equivalent means provided for under the country’s constitutional [..]
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A statement that predicts behavior under certain defined conditions, that is based on facts, reason, and observation, and that is accepted as true. There are no established laws in software engineerin [..]
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(uncountable) The body of rules and standards issued by the legislative body, or to be applied by courts and similar authorities. (By law, one is not allowed to own a wallaby in New York City.) * [..]
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patronymic|from=given names A diminutive of Lawrence.
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fact deduced from observation or sensation.
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Under English common law for a private individual (as opposed to a public official or a leet jury, for example) to simply complain that an offence had been committed was insufficient to oblige the acc [..]
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The Conditions will be exclusively governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of South Africa whose Courts will have exclusive jurisdiction in any dispute, save that we have the right, at our sole discretion, to commence and pursue proceedings in alternative jurisdictions. Bookmakers, TABs and Casinos are all accountable institutions in [..]
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A law is a universal principle that describes the fundamental nature of something, the universal properties and the relationships between things, or a description that purports to explain these princi [..]
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A law is a universal principle that describes the fundamental nature of something, the universal properties and the relationships between things, or a description that purports to explain these princi [..]
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Law is a system of rules that regulate behavior. Law, LAW, laws, or LAWS may also refer to:
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Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been various [..]
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Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been various [..]
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Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been various [..]
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Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been various [..]
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Catalyst is a superhero team appearing in comics published by Dark Horse Comics under the imprint Comics Greatest World. It first appeared in Comics' Greatest World: Golden City Week 4. Important memb [..]
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In mathematics, the law of a stochastic process is the measure that the process induces on the collection of functions from the index set into the state space. The law encodes a lot of information ab [..]
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Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been various [..]
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Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been various [..]
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Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been various [..]
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Law was an American rock band, originating from Ohio, that was active throughout the 1970s. The band is particularly notable for its support by Roger Daltrey of The Who, as well as for its later inclu [..]
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Law is a surname, of English, Scottish, Cantonese, or Chinese origin. In Scotland, the surname means dweller at the low; as in a hill. Another origin of the surname is a contraction of Lawrence, or La [..]
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"Law" is a single by American rapper Yo Gotti from his fifth studio album, The Art of Hustle (2016), and features American rapper E-40. It was released on March 28, 2016, as the second single from th [..]
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Medieval diminutive of Laurence 1.
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