Definizione monolingua

law

law

1. To be crazy

law (countable and uncountable; plural laws)

1. (uncountable) The body of rules and standards issued by a government, or to be applied by courts and similar authorities.

   By law, one is not allowed to own a wallaby in New York City.

2. A particular such rule.

   A new law forbids driving on that road.

3. (more generally) A written or understood rule that concerns behaviours and the appropriate consequences thereof. Laws are usually associated with mores.

   ""Do unto others as you wish them to do unto you"" is a good law to follow.

4. (sciences, strictly) A well-established, observed physical characteristic or behavior of nature. The word is used to simply identify ""what happens,"" without implying any explanatory mechanism or causation. Compare to theory.

   Newtons third law of motion states that to every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction. This is one of several laws derived from his general theory expounded in the Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica.

5. (mathematics) A statement that is true under specified conditions.
6. A category of English ""common law"" petitions that request monetary relief, as opposed to relief in forms other than a monetary judgment; compare to ""equity"".
7. (cricket) One of the official rules of cricket as codified by the MCC.
8. (slang, uncountable) The police.

   Here comes the law — run!

9. (fantasy) One of the two metaphysical forces of the world in some fantasy settings, as opposed to chaos.

Definizione dizionario law

	legge
	body of rules from the legislative authority
	written or understood rule
	statement that is true under specified conditions
	observed physical behavior
	slang: the police
	Regola, formante del diritto e parte fondamentale della legislatura
	One of the rules making up the body of law. (Source: DICLAW)

	diritto
	body of rules and standards to be applied by courts
	Science that studies the complex of rules fixed by law or custom which regulate social relations. (Source: ZINZAN)
	A body of rules of action or conduct prescribed by controlling authority, and having binding legal force.

comandamento

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disposizione

giurisprudenza

giustizia

legislazione

mandato

normativa

ordinanza

ordine

precetto

regola

Altri significati:

(uncountable) The body of rules and standards issued by a government, or to be applied by courts and similar authorities.

A particular such rule.

(more generally) A written or understood rule that concerns behaviours and the appropriate consequences thereof. Laws are usually associated with mores.

(mathematics) A statement that is true under specified conditions.

A category of English "common law" petitions that request monetary relief, as opposed to relief in forms other than a monetary judgment; compare to "equity".

(fantasy) One of the two metaphysical forces of the world in some fantasy settings, as opposed to chaos.

(cricket) One of the official rules of cricket as codified by the MCC.

A one-sided contract.

(slang, uncountable) The police.

A well-established, observed physical characteristic or behavior of nature.

(obsolete) a tumulus of stones

(Scottish and northern dialectal, archaic) a hill