b. the English term for Torah, See also Oral Law, Written Law
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the Law in American English
1.
the Mosaic law, or the part of the Jewish Scriptures containing it; specif., the Pentateuch
2. US; [the l-]; Informal
a policeman or the police
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Examples of 'the law' in a sentence
the law
They should also find legal replacements for the law lords whose revising expertise has been missed.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
These people seem to think they are above the law and our judicial system is proving them to be right.
The Sun (2006)
If it turns out that what they said is legal, then the law needs changing.
The Sun (2016)
More interesting, he says, is whether there will be legal challenges to the law itself.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Yet Britain's most senior judge insisted that there could be no further judicial clarification of the law.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
All this can lead to an (understandable) loss of confidence in the law and the legal system.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
I'll meet you at the Law Enforcement Center in half an hour.
Chuck Logan VAPOR TRAIL (2003)
All related terms of 'the law'
defy the law
The law is a system of rules that a society or government develops in order to deal with crime , business agreements , and social relationships . You can also use the law to refer to the people who work in this system.
above the law
If you accuse someone of thinking they are above the law , you criticize them for thinking that they are so clever or important that they do not need to obey the law.
apply the law
The law is a system of rules that a society or government develops in order to deal with crime , business agreements , and social relationships . You can also use the law to refer to the people who work in this system.
flout the law
The law is a system of rules that a society or government develops in order to deal with crime , business agreements, and social relationships . You can also use the law to refer to the people who work in this system.
uphold the law
The law is a system of rules that a society or government develops in order to deal with crime , business agreements , and social relationships . You can also use the law to refer to the people who work in this system.
lay down the law
to tell people very forcefully and firmly what to do
reading the Law
that part of the morning service on Sabbaths , festivals, and Mondays and Thursdays during which a passage is read from the Torah scrolls
the law is clear
The law is a system of rules that a society or government develops in order to deal with crime , business agreements, and social relationships. You can also use the law to refer to the people who work in this system.
the rule of law
the principle that no one is above the law and that everyone must follow the law
the unwritten law
the tradition that a person may avenge any insult to family integrity , as used to justify criminal acts of vengeance
tighten the law
The law is a system of rules that a society or government develops in order to deal with crime , business agreements , and social relationships . You can also use the law to refer to the people who work in this system.
law of the jungle
If you refer to the law of the jungle , you are referring to a situation in which there are no laws or rules to govern the way that people behave and people use force to get what they want .
the law of the jungle
a situation where the normal rules and values of civilized life do not exist , and so, for example , strength , power, and aggressiveness have more effect than moral values and legal rights
the letter of the law
If you say that someone keeps to the letter of the law , you mean that they act according to what is actually written in the law, rather than according to the general principles of it, especially when you disapprove of this.
to lay down the law
If you say that someone lays down the law , you are critical of them because they give other people orders and they think that they are always right.
mean value theorem
the theorem that for a function continuous on a closed interval and differentiable on the corresponding open interval, there is a point in the interval such that the difference in functional values at the endpoints is equal to the derivative evaluated at the particular point and multiplied by the difference in the endpoints
take the law into your own hands
If someone takes the law into their own hands , they punish someone or do something to put a situation right, instead of waiting for the police or the legal system to take action.
take the law into one's own hands
to ignore or bypass the law when redressing a grievance
Saddharma-Pundarika
a Mahayana sutra , forming with its references to Amida and the Bodhisattvas the basis for the doctrine that there is something of Buddha in everyone, so that salvation is universally available: a central text of Mahayana Buddhism