law

GCSE vocabulary

How to sign: the force of policemen and officers
"the law came looking for him";

Similiar / Same: police, police force, constabulary

Categories: force, law enforcement agency, personnel

Within this category: Europol, gendarmerie, Mutawa'een, posse, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Schutzstaffel, Scotland Yard, secret police

law

How to sign: legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity
"there is a law against kidnapping";

Categories: instrument, legal document, legal instrument, official document

Within this category: anti-drug law, anti-racketeering law, antitrust legislation, blue law, blue sky law, fundamental law, gag law, homestead law, poor law, prohibition, public law, Riot Act, statute of limitations

law

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

Similiar / Same: jurisprudence, legal philosophy

Categories: philosophy

Within this category: contract law, corporation law, matrimonial law, patent law