law
Pronunciation
[change]Noun
[change]- (countable & uncountable) Laws are the official rules of a government or organisation.
- We have defined crime as behaviour which breaks the criminal law.
- We believe that this law is wrong and we are not prepared to obey such a law.
- The Kyoto treaty became law in 2005.
- (uncountable) The law is the police.
- (countable) A law is something that is always true.
- (uncountable) Law is the study of laws.