Cловарь синонимов английского языка 2 - law

n.
1.
Rule (prescribed by authority), regulation, statute, enactment, decree, ordinance, edict, order, canon, expressed command.
2.
Formula, principle, form.
3.
Code, body of rules.
4.
Jurisprudence, science of ~s, legal science.
5.
Mosaic code or dispensation, the old covenant.
6.
Suit, process, litigation.
7.
Controlling idea, governing principle, principle, determining rule (of the invariable sequence of events or forms).
8.
Uniform and constant operation (of any natural force under the same conditions), method of the divine agency, God in nature, Nature.