{"id":362500,"date":"2013-01-28T16:34:14","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T21:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-law\/dictionary\/definition\/law.html"},"modified":"2013-01-28T16:34:14","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T21:34:14","slug":"law","status":"publish","type":"dictionary","link":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/definition\/law.html","title":{"rendered":"Law"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\n

term:<\/p>\n

<\/h1>\n\n
\n

n<\/p><\/dt>\n

[Old English lagu<\/i>, of Scandinavian origin]
1<\/b> :<\/b> a rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority: as
a<\/b> :<\/b> a command or provision enacted by a legislature see also statute<\/a>
b<\/b> :<\/b> something (as a judicial decision) authoritatively accorded binding or controlling effect in the administration of justice [that case is no longer the of this circuit]
2 a<\/b> :<\/b> a body of laws [the of a state]
;broadly<\/i>
:<\/b> laws and justice considered as a general and established entity [the looks with disfavor on restraints on alienation]
b<\/b> :<\/b> common law <\/a> compare equity<\/a>
3 a<\/b> :<\/b> the control or authority of the law [maintain and order]
b<\/b> :<\/b> one or more agents or agencies involved in enforcing laws
c<\/b> :<\/b> the application of a law or laws as distinct from considerations of fact [an error of ] see also issue of law<\/i> at issue<\/a> matter of law<\/i> at matter<\/a> question of law<\/i> at question<\/a>
4<\/b> :<\/b> the whole body of laws and doctrines relating to one subject [contract ] [the of attractive nuisance]
5 a<\/b> :<\/b> the legal profession [practice ]
b<\/b> :<\/b> the nature, use, and effects of laws and legal systems as an area of knowledge or society [the politics of ] compare jurisprudence<\/a>

at law<\/b>
:<\/b> under or within the provisions of the law esp. as opposed to equity [a remedy at law<\/i>]
<\/b><\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

Source: Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law \u00a91996. Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. Published under license with Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What is ‘Law’? Learn more about legal terms and the law at FindLaw.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":358119,"menu_order":0,"template":"app\/Http\/Controllers\/Templates\/DictionaryArticleController.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","_autodraft_ids":[],"_cloudinary_featured_overwrite":false,"_sb_is_suggestion_mode":false,"_sb_show_suggestion_boards":false,"_sb_show_comment_boards":false,"_sb_suggestion_history":"","_sb_update_block_changes":"","_is_real_time_mode":false,"_realtime_collaborators":"","cf_checklist_status":[]},"dictionary_tags":[],"class_list":["post-362500","dictionary","type-dictionary","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/law-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dictionary\/362500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/law-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dictionary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/law-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/dictionary"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/law-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dictionary\/358119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/law-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"dictionary_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/law-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dictionary_tags?post=362500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}