Law vs. Slaw

Law vs. Slaw — Is There a Difference?

Difference Between Law and Slaw

Lawnoun

A rule of conduct or procedure established by custom, agreement, or authority.

Slawnoun

Coleslaw.

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The body of rules and principles governing the affairs of a community and enforced by a political authority; a legal system

international law.

Slawnoun

Coleslaw.

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The condition of social order and justice created by adherence to such a system

a breakdown of law and civilized behavior.

Slawnoun

basically shredded cabbage

Lawnoun

A set of rules or principles dealing with a specific area of a legal system

tax law.criminal law.

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A statute, ordinance, or other rule enacted by a legislature.

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A judicially established legal requirement; a precedent.

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The system of judicial administration giving effect to the laws of a community

All citizens are equal before the law.

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Legal action or proceedings; litigation

submit a dispute to law.

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An impromptu or extralegal system of justice substituted for established judicial procedure

frontier law.

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An agency or agent responsible for enforcing the law. Often used with the

"The law ... stormed out of the woods as the vessel was being relieved of her cargo" (Sid Moody).

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(Informal) A police officer. Often used with the.

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The science and study of law; jurisprudence.

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Knowledge of law.

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The profession of an attorney.

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Something, such as an order or a dictum, having absolute or unquestioned authority

The commander's word was law.

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A body of principles or precepts held to express the divine will, especially as revealed in the Bible.

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The first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures.

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A code of principles based on morality, conscience, or nature.

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A rule or custom generally established in a particular domain

the unwritten laws of good sportsmanship.

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A way of life

the law of the jungle.

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A statement describing a relationship observed to be invariable between or among phenomena for all cases in which the specified conditions are met

the law of gravity.

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A generalization based on consistent experience or results

the law of supply and demand.

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(Mathematics) A general principle or rule that is assumed or that has been proven to hold between expressions.

Lawnoun

A principle of organization, procedure, or technique

the laws of grammar.the laws of visual perspective.

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The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities.

the courts interpret the law; entrapment is against the law

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The body of such rules that pertain to a particular topic.

property law; commercial hunting and fishing law

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Common law, as contrasted with equity.

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A binding regulation or custom established in a community in this way.

There is a law against importing wallabies.A new law forbids driving on that road.The court ruled that the executive order was not law and nullified it.

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(more generally) A rule, such as:

Lawnoun

Any rule that must or should be obeyed, concerning behaviours and their consequences. mores.}}

"Do unto others as you wish them to do unto you" is a good law to follow.the law of self-preservation

Lawnoun

A rule or principle regarding the construction of language or art.

the laws of playwriting and poetry

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A statement (in physics, etc) of an (observed, established) order or sequence or relationship of phenomena which is invariable under certain conditions. theory.}}

the laws of thermodynamicsNewton's third law of motion states that to every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction. This is one of several laws derived from his general theory expounded in the Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica.

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A statement (of relation) that is true under specified conditions; a mathematical or logical rule.

Mathematical laws can be proved purely through mathematics, without scientific experimentation.

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Any statement of the relation of acts and conditions to their consequences.

the law of scarcity; the law of supply and demand

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(cricket) One of the official rules of cricket as codified by the its (former) governing body, the MCC.

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The control and order brought about by the observance of such rules.

They worked to maintain law and order.It was a territory without law, marked by violence.

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A person or group that act(s) with authority to uphold such rules and order (for example, one or more police officers).

Here comes the law — run!

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The profession that deals with such rules (as lawyers, judges, police officers, etc).

He is studying for a career in law.She has practiced law in New York for twenty years.

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Jurisprudence, the field of knowledge which encompasses these rules.

She went to university to study law.

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Litigation, legal action (as a means of maintaining or restoring order, redressing wrongs, etc).

They were quick to go to law.

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An allowance of distance or time (a head start) given to a weaker (human or animal) competitor in a race, to make the race more fair.

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(fantasy) One of two metaphysical forces ruling the world in some fantasy settings, also called order, and opposed to chaos.

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An oath sworn before a court, especially disclaiming a debt. wager of law", "wage one's law", "perform one's law", "lose one's law".}}

Lawnoun

(obsolete) A tumulus of stones.

Lawnoun

A hill.

Lawverb

(obsolete) To work as a lawyer; to practice law.

Lawverb

To prosecute or sue (someone), to litigate.

Lawverb

(nonstandard) To rule over (with a certain effect) by law; govern.

Lawverb

(informal) To enforce the law.

Lawverb

To subject to legal restrictions.

Lawinterjection

(dated) An exclamation of mild surprise; lawks.

Lawnoun

legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity;

there is a law against kidnapping

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the collection of rules imposed by authority;

civilization presupposes respect for the lawthe great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order

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a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature;

the laws of thermodynamics

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a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society

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the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system;

he studied law at Yale

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the force of policemen and officers;

the law came looking for him

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the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do