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law
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the collection of rules imposed by authority
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Other meanings
2. noun
legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity
3. noun
a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
4. noun
a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
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