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According to WordNet, the noun "law" has 7 sense(s).

108209687 the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking for him".

105872982 a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature; "the laws of thermodynamics".

100611143 the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system; "he studied law at Yale".

108441203 the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order".

105870916 a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society.

106532330 legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity; "there is a law against kidnapping".

106161718 the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do.


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