A rule or principle regarding the construction of language or art.
A statement (in physics, etc) of an (observed, established) order or sequence or relationship of phenomena which is invariable under certain conditions. (Compare theory.)
(mathematics) A statement (of relation) that is true under specified conditions; a mathematical or logical rule.
Any statement of the relation of acts and conditions to their consequences.
“Far better were it to live by no laws, than to put this necessity of divination upon a man, and to accuse him of the breach of a law.”
“And another ballot was found to have violated state law requiring that candidates for nonpartisan office be listed alphabetically.”
“This criminal had somehow managed to avoid the law for most of his life.”
lawspeaker
(historical) An official in Scandinavian countries whose duties included memorizinglaws as well as presiding over, and reciting the laws at, regional Things or the Althing; the office of that person.
“They were stubborn nonconformists who chose to be arrested instead of obeying the laws.”
“The pamphlet provides a lot of information on recent changes to the tax laws.”
“As regulators and legislators established laws and regulations with the traditional economy in mind, they are not suited for the sharing economy and application often remains uncertain.”