Antonyms for law
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : law |
| Phonetic Transcription : lÉ” |
Definition of law
Origin :- Old English lagu (plural laga, comb. form lah-) "law, ordinance, rule, regulation; district governed by the same laws," from Old Norse *lagu "law," collective plural of lag "layer, measure, stroke," literally "something laid down or fixed," from Proto-Germanic *lagan "put, lay" (see lay (v.)).
- Replaced Old English æ and gesetnes, which had the same sense development as law. Cf. also statute, from Latin statuere; German Gesetz "law," from Old High German gisatzida; Lithuanian istatymas, from istatyti "set up, establish." In physics, from 1660s. Law and order have been coupled since 1796.
- noun rules of a government, society
- noun standard, principle of behavior
- If he should do so, the law would compel him to return her magnificent dowry.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- There was a Spartan law forbidding masters to emancipate their slaves.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- The commencement of a law and parliamentary library has been made.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- There, by their law of entail, the same process is unswifter,—yet does it unvary.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- He needs a clerk for his law matters, and the Dean said he would speak of me to him.
- Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- Then we wonder that respect for the law shows a sensible decrease!
- Extract from : « 'Tis Sixty Years Since » by Charles Francis Adams
- Perhaps it was some law of opposites, and she needed some one of lighter nature than her own.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- The first duty of law is to keep sound the society it serves.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience to law.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- The most malign of all these dangers today is disregard and disobedience of law.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
Synonyms for law
- act
- assize
- assumption
- axiom
- base
- behest
- bidding
- bylaw
- canon
- case
- cause
- caveat
- charge
- charter
- code
- command
- commandment
- constitution
- covenant
- criterion
- decision
- decree
- decretum
- demand
- dictate
- divestiture
- due process
- edict
- enactment
- equity
- exigency
- formula
- foundation
- fundamental
- garnishment
- generalization
- ground
- guide
- injunction
- institute
- instruction
- jurisprudence
- legislation
- mandate
- maxim
- measure
- notice
- order
- ordinance
- origin
- postulate
- precedent
- precept
- prescript
- prescription
- principium
- proposal
- proposition
- reason
- reg
- regulation
- requirement
- rule
- ruling
- source
- statute
- subpoena
- summons
- theorem
- truth
- usage
- warrant
- writ
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