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Results for: "law"

Translating from English to Icelandic

Translations:

law — body of rules of a community
→ lög n/pl
→ réttur m
law — any rule that must or should be obeyed
→ lög n/pl
law — statement of order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
→ lög
→ lögmál n

More translations:

law
→ lög
law
→ lögmál

English definitions WordNet

NOUN 7

  1. the collection of rules imposed by authority

    • “civilization presupposes respect for the law”
    • “the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order”
    Synonymsjurisprudence

  2. legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity

    • “there is a law against kidnapping”

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

    Synonymsnatural law
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  1. a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature

    • “the laws of thermodynamics”
    Synonymslaw of nature

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

    Synonymsjurisprudencelegal philosophy

  3. 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”
    Synonymspractice of law

  4. the force of policemen and officers

    • “the law came looking for him”
    Synonymspolicepolice forceconstabulary