law
Plural
laws
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a country's rules that all of its citizens are required to obey
- Breaking the law can result in serious consequences.
- The police officer explained the traffic laws to the new driver.
- They studied constitutional law in law school.
- The company must comply with employment laws when hiring new employees.
- It's important to know your rights under the law.
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a scientific principle or rule that describes something scientific or natural always being the same or occurring in the same way, given specific conditions are met
- Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation explains the attraction between masses based on their distance and mass.
- Darwin's Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection is a biological law that explains how species change over time.
- Boyle's law states that at constant temperature, the pressure of a gas is inversely proportional to its volume.
- Kepler's laws of Planetary Motion describe the orbits of planets around the sun based on observational data.
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