law
[zone: 1, ipm: 554.17]
Definitions
- the whole system of rules that everyone in a country or society must obey
Examples
- In a French absolute society, the king's word was law.
- This law consequently authorized the king to abolish all other centers of power.
- Most of the laws of the colony were drawn up by the government or his council.
- The laws of the land are governed by Islamic dictates and are very stringent.
- The Sovereign Emperor ratifies laws and without His ratification (approval) no laws can go into effect.
Collocations
- rule [score: 10.81, freq: 314] (the rule of laws)
- nature [score: 10.74, freq: 240] (laws of nature)
- enact [score: 10.43, freq: 206] (laws enacted)
- alteration [score: 10.19, freq: 21] (alterations in law)
- govern [score: 10.03, freq: 46] (governed by law)
- martial [score: 9.67, freq: 179] (martial law)
- nation [score: 9.56, freq: 161] (nation's laws)
- pass [score: 9.5, freq: 219] (law was passed)
- international [score: 9.47, freq: 177] (international law)
- violate [score: 9.12, freq: 85] (violate the law)
- govern [score: 9.01, freq: 65] (laws governing)
- enforcement [score: 8.82, freq: 10] (enforcement of law)
- English [score: 8.78, freq: 195] (English law)
- civil [score: 8.74, freq: 140] (civil law)
- privacy [score: 8.73, freq: 87] (privacy law)
- criminal [score: 8.7, freq: 94] (criminal law)
- obey [score: 8.55, freq: 59] (obey the laws)
- Moses [score: 8.55, freq: 31] (laws of Moses)
- prohibit [score: 8.51, freq: 38] (prohibiting law)
- forbid [score: 8.49, freq: 39] (forbidding law)
- establish [score: 8.42, freq: 99] (established by law)
- penal [score: 8.33, freq: 67] (penal law)
- constitutional [score: 8.27, freq: 85] (constitutional law)
- regulate [score: 8.27, freq: 32] (regulating law)
- execute [score: 8.2, freq: 50] (execute the laws)
- amend [score: 8.18, freq: 41] (amend the law)
- propose [score: 8.16, freq: 58] (proposed law)
- succession [score: 8.12, freq: 58] (succession law)
- Roman [score: 8.11, freq: 137] (the Roman law)
- force [score: 8.11, freq: 53] (force of laws)
- Salic [score: 8.05, freq: 54] (the Salic law)
- bind [score: 8.03, freq: 29] (bound by law)
- permit [score: 8, freq: 28] (permitted by law)
- natural [score: 7.95, freq: 76] (natural law)
- protect [score: 7.87, freq: 27] (protected by law)
- prescribe [score: 7.87, freq: 24] (prescribed by law)
- administrative [score: 7.83, freq: 54] (administrative law)
- public [score: 7.72, freq: 106] (under public law)
- agrarian [score: 7.7, freq: 43] (agrarian law)
- administer [score: 7.67, freq: 31] (law is administered)
- restrain [score: 7.51, freq: 19] (restrained by law)
- break [score: 7.5, freq: 37] (break the law)
- limit [score: 7.5, freq: 19] (limited by law)
- abolish [score: 7.49, freq: 19] (law abolished the jurisdiction of)
- authorize [score: 7.29, freq: 16] (authorized by law)
Thesaurus
- government [score: 0.328, freq: 28006]
- constitution [score: 0.321, freq: 5269]
- authority [score: 0.304, freq: 11249]
- rule [score: 0.303, freq: 7204]
- system [score: 0.294, freq: 8829]
- act [score: 0.284, freq: 7213]
- power [score: 0.282, freq: 28019]
- policy [score: 0.278, freq: 8979]
- religion [score: 0.273, freq: 5758]
- order [score: 0.273, freq: 20371]
- state [score: 0.27, freq: 21685]
- right [score: 0.268, freq: 11777]
- principle [score: 0.262, freq: 6602]
- interest [score: 0.249, freq: 10335]
- measure [score: 0.245, freq: 8307]
- character [score: 0.234, freq: 9073]
- people [score: 0.233, freq: 29977]
- life [score: 0.232, freq: 16515]
- empire [score: 0.226, freq: 21781]
- history [score: 0.225, freq: 12900]