Laws
nnoun.communicationthe first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unitSynset:Laws Pentateuch Torah
Part Holonyms:Old Testament Hebrew Scripture Tanach Tanakh
Instance Hypernyms:religious text religious writing sacred text sacred writing
Inherited Hypernyms:torahsacred textwritingwritten communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
Part Meronyms:Book of Deuteronomy Deuteronomy Book of Exodus Exodus Book of Genesis Genesis Book of Leviticus Leviticus Book of Numbers Numbers
nnoun.groupthe collection of rules imposed by authoritySynset:jurisprudence law
Examples:- civilization presupposes respect for the law
- the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order
Derivationally Related Form:jurist
Hypernyms:accumulation aggregation assemblage collection
Inherited Hypernyms:lawcollectiongroupabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:Islamic lawLaw of MosesMosaic lawadministrative lawcanon lawcase lawcivil lawcommercial lawcommon lawecclesiastical lawinternational lawlaw merchantlaw of nationslaw of the landmartial lawmercantile lawmilitary lawprecedentsecurities lawshariasharia lawshariahshariah lawstatutory lawtax law
Part Meronyms:law
Full Hyponyms:administrative lawcanon lawcase lawcivil lawcommon lawenabling legislationhududinternational lawlaw of the landlegislationmaritime lawmartial lawmercantile lawmilitary lawmosaic lawoccupational safety and health actsecurities lawshariahstatutory lawtax law
nnoun.communicationlegal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activityTopic:jurisprudencelaw
Examples:- there is a law against kidnapping
Part Holonyms:jurisprudence law
Hypernyms:instrument legal document legal instrument official document
Inherited Hypernyms:lawlegal documentdocumentwritingwritten communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:RICORICO ActRacketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations ActRiot Actanti-drug lawanti-racketeering lawantitrust lawantitrust legislationblue lawblue sky lawconstitutionfundamental lawgag lawhomestead laworganic lawpoor lawprohibitionpublic lawstatute of limitations
Full Hyponyms:anti-drug lawanti-racketeering lawantitrust legislationblue lawblue sky lawfundamental lawgag lawhomestead lawpoor lawprohibitionpublic lawriot actstatute of limitations
nnoun.cognitiona rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human societySynset:law natural law
Hypernyms:concept conception construct
Inherited Hypernyms:lawconceptideacontentcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:divine lawprinciplesound law
Full Hyponyms:conservationconservation of chargeconservation of energyconservation of massconservation of momentumdictatedivine lawfundamentalsgrimm's lawinsurrectionismlogicparitypleasure principleprinciplereality principlerudimentssound lawtaoverner's law
nnoun.cognitiona generalization that describes recurring facts or events in natureSynset:law law of nature
Examples:- the laws of thermodynamics
Part Holonyms:theory
Hypernyms:concept conception construct
Inherited Hypernyms:lawconceptideacontentcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:Archimedes' principleAvogadro's hypothesisAvogadro's lawBenford's lawBernoulli's lawBose-Einstein statisticsBoyle's lawCharles's lawCoulomb's LawDalton's lawDalton's law of partial pressuresFechner's lawFermi-Dirac statisticsGay-Lussac's lawHenry's lawHooke's lawHubble's lawHubble lawKepler's lawKepler's law of planetary motionKirchhoff's lawsMariotte's lawMendel's lawMendeleev's lawNewton's lawNewton's law of gravitationNewton's law of motionOhm's lawPascal's lawPascal's law of fluid pressuresPauli exclusion principlePlanck's lawPlanck's radiation lawStevens' lawStevens' power lawWeber's lawWeber-Fechner lawall-or-none lawdistribution lawequilibrium lawexclusion principlelaw of Archimedeslaw of averageslaw of chemical equilibriumlaw of constant proportionlaw of definite proportionslaw of diminishing returnslaw of effectlaw of equivalent proportionslaw of gravitationlaw of large numberslaw of mass actionlaw of motionlaw of multiple proportionslaw of partial pressureslaw of reciprocal proportionslaw of thermodynamicslaw of volumesperiodic lawpower lawprincipleprinciple of relativityrule
Full Hyponyms:all-or-none lawarchimedes' principleavogadro's lawbenford's lawbernoulli's lawbose-einstein statisticsboyle's lawclosurecommon fateconservation of energycoulomb's lawdalton's lawdistribution lawequilibrium lawfechner's lawfermi-dirac statisticsfirst law of motiongay-lussac's lawgestalt law of organizationgood continuationgresham's lawhenry's lawhooke's lawhubble's lawkepler's first lawkepler's lawkepler's second lawkepler's third lawkirchhoff's lawslateralizationlaw of averageslaw of constant proportionlaw of diminishing returnslaw of effectlaw of equivalent proportionslaw of gravitationlaw of independent assortmentlaw of mass actionlaw of multiple proportionslaw of segregationlaw of thermodynamicsle chatelier's principlelocalization of functionmass-action principlemass-energy equivalencemaxwell-boltzmann distribution lawmendel's lawnaegele's rulenewton's law of motionoccam's razorohm's lawpascal's lawpauli exclusion principleperiodic lawplanck's lawplanck's radiation lawprincipleprinciple of equivalenceprinciple of liquid displacementprinciple of relativityprinciple of superpositionproximitysecond law of motionsecond law of thermodynamicssimilaritystevens' lawthird law of motionthird law of thermodynamicsweber's lawzeroth law of thermodynamics
nnoun.cognitionthe branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they doSynset:jurisprudence law legal philosophy
Derivationally Related Form:juristjurisprudential
Hypernyms:philosophy
Inherited Hypernyms:jurisprudencephilosophyhumanistic disciplinedisciplineknowledge domaincontentcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:contract lawcorporation lawmatrimonial lawpatent law
Full Hyponyms:contract lawcorporation lawmatrimonial lawpatent law
nnoun.actthe learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial systemTopic:jurisprudencelaw
Synset:law practice of law
Derivationally Related Form:lawyer
Hypernyms:learned profession
Inherited Hypernyms:lawlearned professionprofessionoccupationactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.groupthe force of policemen and officersSynset:constabulary law police police force
Examples:- the law came looking for him
Derivationally Related Form:police
Hypernyms:force personnel law enforcement agency
Inherited Hypernyms:policeforceorganizationsocial groupgroupabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:policelaw enforcement agencyagencyadministrative unitunitorganizationsocial groupgroupabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:European Law Enforcement OrganisationEuropolMountiesMutawaMutawa'eenNew Scotland YardRCMPRoyal Canadian Mounted PoliceSSSchutzstaffelScotland Yardgendarmeriegendarmeryposseposse comitatussecret police
Member Meronyms:officer police officer policeman
Full Hyponyms:europolgendarmeriegestapomutawa'eenposseroyal canadian mounted policeschutzstaffelscotland yardsecret police