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law []

Words

Hungarian (2)

törvény [tˈørveːɲ]

jogszabály [jˈoɡsɑbaːj]

Finnish (4)

n asetus [ˈasetus]

laki [lˈakɪ]

lakitiede [lˈakɪtˌiede]

oikeustiede [ˈoikeustˌiede]

Phrases

Hungarian (1)

végrehajtó közeg []

Finnish (0)

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Wiktionary (12)

n (uncountable) The body of rules and standards issued by a government, or to be applied by courts and similar authorities.

n A particular such rule.

n (context|more generally) A written or understood rule that concerns behaviours and the appropriate consequences thereof. Laws are usually associated with mores.

n (scientific|strictly) A well-established, observed physical characteristic or behavior of nature. The word is used to simply identify "what happens," without implying any explanatory mechanism or causation. Compare to theory.

n (mathematics) A statement that is true under specified conditions.

n A category of English "common law" petitions that request monetary relief, as opposed to relief in forms other than a monetary judgment; compare to "equity".

n (cricket) One of the official rules of cricket as codified by the MCC.

n (slang|uncountable) The police.

n (fantasy) One of the two metaphysical forces of the world in some fantasy settings, as opposed to chaos.

n (obsolete) a tumulus of stones

n (qualifier|Scottish and northern dialectal, archaic) a hill

! (dated) An exclamation of mild surprise; lawks.