laws

n the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit n the collection of rules imposed by authority n legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity n a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society n a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature n the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do n the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system n the force of policemen and officers