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n. - In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling regulation; the mode or order according to which an agent or a power acts. ²
n. - In morals: The will of God as the rule for the disposition and conduct of all responsible beings toward him and toward each other; a rule of living, conformable to righteousness; the rule of action as obligatory on the conscience or moral nature. ²
n. - The Jewish or Mosaic code, and that part of Scripture where it is written, in distinction from the gospel; hence, also, the Old Testament. ²
n. - An organic rule, as a constitution or charter, establishing and defining the conditions of the existence of a state or other organized community. ²
n. - Any edict, decree, order, ordinance, statute, resolution, judicial, decision, usage, etc., or recognized, and enforced, by the controlling authority. ²
n. - In philosophy and physics: A rule of being, operation, or change, so certain and constant that it is conceived of as imposed by the will of God or by some controlling authority; as, the law of gravitation; the laws of motion; the law heredity; the laws of thought; the laws of cause and effect; law of self-preservation. ²
n. - In matematics: The rule according to which anything, as the change of value of a variable, or the value of the terms of a series, proceeds; mode or order of sequence. ²
n. - In arts, works, games, etc.: The rules of construction, or of procedure, conforming to the conditions of success; a principle, maxim; or usage; as, the laws of poetry, of architecture, of courtesy, or of whist. ²
n. - Collectively, the whole body of rules relating to one subject, or emanating from one source; -- including usually the writings pertaining to them, and judicial proceedings under them; as, divine law; English law; Roman law; the law of real property; insurance law. ²
n. - Legal science; jurisprudence; the principles of equity; applied justice. ²
n. - Trial by the laws of the land; judicial remedy; litigation; as, to go law. ²
n. - An oath, as in the presence of a court. ²
v. t. - Same as Lawe, v. t. ²
interj. - An exclamation of mild surprise. ²

The word "law" uses 3 letters: A L W.

Direct anagrams of law:
  awl

Words formed by adding one letter before or after law (in bold), or to alw in any order:
b -   bawl   blaw   c -   claw   e -   wale   weal   f -   flaw   i -   wail   k -   walk   l -   wall   n -   lawn   o -   alow   awol   p -   pawl   s -   awls   laws   slaw   u -   waul   w -   wawl   y -   waly   yawl  

Shorter words found within law:
al   aw   la  

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