the collection of rules imposed by authority

legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity

a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society

a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature

the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do

the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system

the force of policemen and officers

a solicitor in Scotland

degree conferred on someone who successfully completes law school

ensuring obedience to the laws

an agency responsible for insuring obedience to the laws

a firm of lawyers

the body of rules applied to commercial transactions; derived from the practices of traders rather than from jurisprudence

action and reaction are equal and opposite

(hydrostatics) the apparent loss in weight of a body immersed in a fluid is equal to the weight of the displaced fluid

a law concerning the speed at which planets travel; a line connecting a planet to the sun will sweep out equal areas in equal times

a law affirming that in the long run probabilities will determine performance

(chemistry) the principle that (at chemical equilibrium) in a reversible reaction the ratio of the rate of the forward reaction to the rate of the reverse reaction is a constant for that reaction

a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric

a Gestalt principle of organization holding that aspects of perceptual field that move or function in a similar manner will be perceived as a unit

the fundamental principle of physics that the total energy of an isolated system is constant despite internal changes

a fundamental principle of classical physics that matter cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system

a fundamental principle of classical physics that matter cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system

(chemistry) law stating that every pure substance always contains the same elements combined in the same proportions by weight

a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction

(chemistry) law stating that every pure substance always contains the same elements combined in the same proportions by weight

a law affirming that to continue after a certain level of performance has been reached will result in a decline in effectiveness

(psychology) the principle that behaviors are selected by their consequences; behavior having good consequences tends to be repeated whereas behavior that leads to bad consequences is not repeated

a law concerning the speed at which planets travel; a line connecting a planet to the sun will sweep out equal areas in equal times

(chemistry) law stating that the proportions in which two elements separately combine with a third element are also the proportions in which they combine together

(physics) the law that states any two bodies attract each other with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them

each member of a pair of homologous chromosomes separates independently of the members of other pairs so the results are random

(statistics) law stating that a large number of items taken at random from a population will (on the average) have the population statistics

(chemistry) the law that states the following principle: the rate of a chemical reaction is directly proportional to the molecular concentrations of the reacting substances

the laws (beginning with the Ten Commandments) that God gave to the Israelites through Moses; it includes many rules of religious observance given in the first five books of the Old Testament (in Judaism these books are called the Torah)

one of three basic laws of classical mechanics

(chemistry) law stating that when two elements can combine to form more than one compound the amounts of one of them that combines with a fixed amount of the other will exhibit a simple multiple relation

the body of laws governing relations between nations

a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature

the principle that entities should not be multiplied needlessly; the simplest of two competing theories is to be preferred

(chemistry and physics) law stating that the pressure exerted by a mixture of gases equals the sum of the partial pressures of the gases in the mixture; the pressure of a gas in a mixture equals the pressure it would exert if it occupied the same volume alone at the same temperature

a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) objects or events that are near to one another (in space or time) are perceived as belonging together as a unit

(chemistry) law stating that the proportions in which two elements separately combine with a third element are also the proportions in which they combine together

members of a pair of homologous chromosomes separate during the formation of gametes and are distributed to different gametes so that every gamete receives only one member of the pair

a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) parts of a stimulus field that are similar to each other tend to be perceived as belonging together as a unit

a phrase used in the Magna Carta to refer to the then established law of the kingdom (as distinct from Roman or civil law); today it refers to fundamental principles of justice commensurate with due process

(physics) a law governing the relations between states of energy in a closed system

(physics) the density of an ideal gas at constant pressure varies inversely with the temperature

someone who violates the law

an officer of the law