Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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law | Yes | No | No | No |
principle | Yes | No | No | No |
law (noun) | principle (noun) |
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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 | a basic truth or law or assumption |
a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society | a rule or standard especially of good behavior |
a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature | (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature) |
the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do | a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct |
legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity | a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system |
the collection of rules imposed by authority | rule of personal conduct |
the force of policemen and officers |