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law

law - noun

A principle governing affairs within or among political units: canon, decree, edict, institute, ordinance, precept, prescription, regulation, rule. See law.
The formal product of a legislative or judicial body: act, assize, bill, enactment, legislation, lex, measure, statute. See law.
A member of a law-enforcement agency: bluecoat, finest, officer, patrolman, patrolwoman, peace officer, police, policeman, police officer, policewoman. Informal cop. Slang bull, copper, flatfoot, fuzz, gendarme, heat, man(often uppercase). Chiefly British bobby, constable, peeler. See law.
A broad and basic rule or truth: axiom, fundamental, principle, theorem, universal. See order.

To institute or subject to legal proceedings: litigate, prosecute, sue. See law.