Synonyms for law

noun

1. The judicial system

   judicial procedure, judicature, legal process, the authorities, the legal authorities, the police, writ, writ of habeas corpus, due process, precept, summons, notice, warrant, bench warrant, search warrant, warrant of arrest, subpoena, garnishment, They*; see also authority 3, government 1, 2, legality.

2. Bodies of the law

   code, constitution, organic act, criminal law, statute law, civil law, law of the press, maritime law, martial law, military law, private law, public law, commercial law, probate law, substantive law, statutory law, chancery, statutes, civil code, ordinances, precepts, equity, cases, archives, common law, canon law, decisions, unwritten law, natural law.

3. An enactment

   statute, ordinance, regulation, rule, edict, decree, order, judicial decision, ruling, injunction, summons, act, charge, prescription, canon, caveat, enactment, requirement, demand, divestiture, rescript, commandment, mandate, dictate, precept, instruction, behest, bidding, legislation, bill, bylaw; see also command 1, indictment 2, warrant, writ.

4. A principle

   foundation, fundamental, origin, source, ultimate cause, truth, truism, axiom, maxim, tenet, doctrine, ground, base, reason, rule, rule of action, theorem, guide, precept, usage, postulate, proposition, generalization, proposal, assumption, hard and fast rule; see also basis 1.

5. The study of law, sense 1

   jurisprudence, legal precedent, legal science, equity, legal practice.

6. Officers appointed to enforce the law

   district attorney, prosecuting attorney, sheriff, constable, state police, city police, lawman, the man*, cops*, pigs*; see also judge 1, lawyer, police, policeman.

7. The Bible

   Word, Old and New Testaments, the Book, Gospel, Scripture, Revelation; see also Bible 2. See syn. study at theory.

law, in its specific application, implies prescription and enforcement by a ruling authority the law of the land; a rule may not be authoritatively enforced, but it is generally observed in the interests of order, uniformity, etc. the rules of golf; regulation refers to a rule of a group or organization, enforced by authority military regulations; a statute is a law enacted by a legislative body; an ordinance is a local, generally municipal, law; a canon is, in its original meaning, a law of a church, but the term is also used of any established rule or principle regarded as true or as a standard to judge by usage the canons of good taste

go to law*

lay down the law*

read law