What is the meaning of law?

noun

• The collection of rules imposed by authority.
  • usage: "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
  • synonyms: jurisprudence
• Legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity.
  • usage: "there is a law against kidnapping"
• A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society.
  • synonyms: natural law
• A generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature.
  • usage: "the laws of thermodynamics"
  • synonyms: law of nature
• The branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do.
  • synonyms: jurisprudence, legal philosophy
• The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
  • usage: "he studied law at Yale"
  • synonyms: practice of law
• The force of policemen and officers.
  • usage: "the law came looking for him"
  • synonyms: police, police force, constabulary