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n. 法律, 法则, 定律, 法律的制约, 法学, 司法界, 诉讼

vt. 起诉

vi. 起诉

[化] 定律

[医] 定律, 法律

[经] 法, 法则, 规律




    law
    [ noun ]
    1. the collection of rules imposed by authority

    2. <noun.group>
      civilization presupposes respect for the law
      the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order
    3. legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity

    4. <noun.communication>
      there is a law against kidnapping
    5. a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society

    6. <noun.cognition>
    7. a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature

    8. <noun.cognition>
      the laws of thermodynamics
    9. the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do

    10. <noun.cognition>
    11. the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system

    12. <noun.act>
      he studied law at Yale
    13. the force of policemen and officers

    14. <noun.group>
      the law came looking for him


    Law \Law\, v. t.
    Same as {Lawe}, v. t. [Obs.]


    Law \Law\, interj. [Cf. {La}.]
    An exclamation of mild surprise. [Archaic or Low]


    Law \Law\ (l[add]), n. [OE. lawe, laghe, AS. lagu, from the root
    of E. lie: akin to OS. lag, Icel. l["o]g, Sw. lag, Dan. lov;
    cf. L. lex, E. legal. A law is that which is laid, set, or
    fixed; like statute, fr. L. statuere to make to stand. See
    {Lie} to be prostrate.]
    1. In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by
    an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling
    regulation; the mode or order according to which an agent
    or a power acts.

    Note: A law may be universal or particular, written or
    unwritten, published or secret. From the nature of the
    highest laws a degree of permanency or stability is
    always implied; but the power which makes a law, or a
    superior power, may annul or change it.

    These are the statutes and judgments and laws,
    which the Lord made. --Lev. xxvi.
    46.

    The law of thy God, and the law of the King.
    --Ezra vii.
    26.

    As if they would confine the Interminable . . .
    Who made our laws to bind us, not himself.
    --Milton.

    His mind his kingdom, and his will his law.
    --Cowper.

    2. In morals: The will of God as the rule for the disposition
    and conduct of all responsible beings toward him and
    toward each other; a rule of living, conformable to
    righteousness; the rule of action as obligatory on the
    conscience or moral nature.

    3. The Jewish or Mosaic code, and that part of Scripture
    where it is written, in distinction from the {gospel};
    hence, also, the Old Testament. Specifically: the first
    five books of the bible, called also {Torah}, {Pentatech},
    or {Law of Moses}.
    [1913 Webster +PJC]

    What things soever the law saith, it saith to them
    who are under the law . . . But now the
    righteousness of God without the law is manifested,
    being witnessed by the law and the prophets. --Rom.
    iii. 19, 21.

    4. In human government:
    (a) An organic rule, as a constitution or charter,
    establishing and defining the conditions of the
    existence of a state or other organized community.
    (b) Any edict, decree, order, ordinance, statute,
    resolution, judicial, decision, usage, etc., or
    recognized, and enforced, by the controlling
    authority.

    5. In philosophy and physics: A rule of being, operation, or
    change, so certain and constant that it is conceived of as
    imposed by the will of God or by some controlling
    authority; as, the law of gravitation; the laws of motion;
    the law heredity; the laws of thought; the laws of cause
    and effect; law of self-preservation.

    6. In mathematics: The rule according to which anything, as
    the change of value of a variable, or the value of the
    terms of a series, proceeds; mode or order of sequence.

    7. In arts, works, games, etc.: The rules of construction, or
    of procedure, conforming to the conditions of success; a
    principle, maxim; or usage; as, the laws of poetry, of
    architecture, of courtesy, or of whist.

    8. Collectively, the whole body of rules relating to one
    subject, or emanating from one source; -- including
    usually the writings pertaining to them, and judicial
    proceedings under them; as, divine law; English law; Roman
    law; the law of real property; insurance law.

    9. Legal science; jurisprudence; the principles of equity;
    applied justice.

    Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law
    itself is nothing else but reason. --Coke.

    Law is beneficence acting by rule. --Burke.

    And sovereign Law, that state's collected will
    O'er thrones and globes elate,
    Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill. --Sir
    W. Jones.

    10. Trial by the laws of the land; judicial remedy;
    litigation; as, to go law.

    When every case in law is right. --Shak.

    He found law dear and left it cheap. --Brougham.

    11. An oath, as in the presence of a court. [Obs.] See {Wager
    of law}, under {Wager}.

    {Avogadro's law} (Chem.), a fundamental conception, according
    to which, under similar conditions of temperature and
    pressure, all gases and vapors contain in the same volume
    the same number of ultimate molecules; -- so named after
    Avogadro, an Italian scientist. Sometimes called
    {Amp[`e]re's law}.

    {Bode's law} (Astron.), an approximative empirical expression
    of the distances of the planets from the sun, as follows:
    -- Mer. Ven. Earth. Mars. Aste. Jup. Sat. Uran. Nep. 4 4 4
    4 4 4 4 4 4 0 3 6 12 24 48 96 192 384 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
    --- --- 4 7 10 16 28 52 100 196 388 5.9 7.3 10 15.2 27.4
    52 95.4 192 300 where each distance (line third) is the
    sum of 4 and a multiple of 3 by the series 0, 1, 2, 4, 8,
    etc., the true distances being given in the lower line.

    {Boyle's law} (Physics), an expression of the fact, that when
    an elastic fluid is subjected to compression, and kept at
    a constant temperature, the product of the pressure and
    volume is a constant quantity, i. e., the volume is
    inversely proportioned to the pressure; -- known also as
    {Mariotte's law}, and the {law of Boyle and Mariotte}.

    {Brehon laws}. See under {Brehon}.

    {Canon law}, the body of ecclesiastical law adopted in the
    Christian Church, certain portions of which (for example,
    the law of marriage as existing before the Council of
    Tent) were brought to America by the English colonists as
    part of the common law of the land. --Wharton.

    {Civil law}, a term used by writers to designate Roman law,
    with modifications thereof which have been made in the
    different countries into which that law has been
    introduced. The civil law, instead of the {common law},
    prevails in the State of Louisiana. --Wharton.

    {Commercial law}. See {Law merchant} (below).

    {Common law}. See under {Common}.

    {Criminal law}, that branch of jurisprudence which relates to
    crimes.

    {Ecclesiastical law}. See under {Ecclesiastical}.

    {Grimm's law} (Philol.), a statement (propounded by the
    German philologist Jacob Grimm) of certain regular changes
    which the primitive Indo-European mute consonants,
    so-called (most plainly seen in Sanskrit and, with some
    changes, in Greek and Latin), have undergone in the
    Teutonic languages. Examples: Skr. bh[=a]t[.r], L. frater,
    E. brother, G. bruder; L. tres, E. three, G. drei, Skr.
    go, E. cow, G. kuh; Skr. dh[=a] to put, Gr. ti-qe`-nai, E.
    do, OHG, tuon, G. thun. See also {lautverschiebung}.

    {Kepler's laws} (Astron.), three important laws or
    expressions of the order of the planetary motions,
    discovered by John Kepler. They are these: (1) The orbit
    of a planet with respect to the sun is an ellipse, the sun
    being in one of the foci. (2) The areas swept over by a
    vector drawn from the sun to a planet are proportioned to
    the times of describing them. (3) The squares of the times
    of revolution of two planets are in the ratio of the cubes
    of their mean distances.

    {Law binding}, a plain style of leather binding, used for law
    books; -- called also {law calf}.

    {Law book}, a book containing, or treating of, laws.

    {Law calf}. See {Law binding} (above).

    {Law day}.
    (a) Formerly, a day of holding court, esp. a court-leet.
    (b) The day named in a mortgage for the payment of the
    money to secure which it was given. [U. S.]

    {Law French}, the dialect of Norman, which was used in
    judicial proceedings and law books in England from the
    days of William the Conqueror to the thirty-sixth year of
    Edward III.

    {Law language}, the language used in legal writings and
    forms.

    {Law Latin}. See under {Latin}.

    {Law lords}, peers in the British Parliament who have held
    high judicial office, or have been noted in the legal
    profession.

    {Law merchant}, or {Commercial law}, a system of rules by
    which trade and commerce are regulated; -- deduced from
    the custom of merchants, and regulated by judicial
    decisions, as also by enactments of legislatures.

    {Law of Charles} (Physics), the law that the volume of a
    given mass of gas increases or decreases, by a definite
    fraction of its value for a given rise or fall of
    temperature; -- sometimes less correctly styled {Gay
    Lussac's law}, or {Dalton's law}.

    {Law of nations}. See {International law}, under
    {International}.

    {Law of nature}.
    (a) A broad generalization expressive of the constant
    action, or effect, of natural conditions; as, death
    is a law of nature; self-defense is a law of nature.
    See {Law}, 4.
    (b) A term denoting the standard, or system, of morality
    deducible from a study of the nature and natural
    relations of human beings independent of supernatural
    revelation or of municipal and social usages.

    {Law of the land}, due process of law; the general law of the
    land.

    {Laws of honor}. See under {Honor}.

    {Laws of motion} (Physics), three laws defined by Sir Isaac
    Newton: (1) Every body perseveres in its state of rest or
    of moving uniformly in a straight line, except so far as
    it is made to change that state by external force. (2)
    Change of motion is proportional to the impressed force,
    and takes place in the direction in which the force is
    impressed. (3) Reaction is always equal and opposite to
    action, that is to say, the actions of two bodies upon
    each other are always equal and in opposite directions.

    {Marine law}, or {Maritime law}, the law of the sea; a branch
    of the law merchant relating to the affairs of the sea,
    such as seamen, ships, shipping, navigation, and the like.
    --Bouvier.

    {Mariotte's law}. See {Boyle's law} (above).

    {Martial law}.See under {Martial}.

    {Military law}, a branch of the general municipal law,
    consisting of rules ordained for the government of the
    military force of a state in peace and war, and
    administered in courts martial. --Kent. --Warren's
    Blackstone.

    {Moral law}, the law of duty as regards what is right and
    wrong in the sight of God; specifically, the ten
    commandments given by Moses. See {Law}, 2.

    {Mosaic law}, or {Ceremonial law}. (Script.) See {Law}, 3.

    {Municipal law}, or {Positive law}, a rule prescribed by the
    supreme power of a state, declaring some right, enforcing
    some duty, or prohibiting some act; -- distinguished from
    {international law} and {constitutional law}. See {Law},
    1.

    {Periodic law}. (Chem.) See under {Periodic}.

    {Roman law}, the system of principles and laws found in the
    codes and treatises of the lawmakers and jurists of
    ancient Rome, and incorporated more or less into the laws
    of the several European countries and colonies founded by
    them. See {Civil law} (above).

    {Statute law}, the law as stated in statutes or positive
    enactments of the legislative body.

    {Sumptuary law}. See under {Sumptuary}.

    {To go to law}, to seek a settlement of any matter by
    bringing it before the courts of law; to sue or prosecute
    some one.

    {To take the law of}, or {To have the law of}, to bring the
    law to bear upon; as, to take the law of one's neighbor.
    --Addison.

    {Wager of law}. See under {Wager}.

    Syn: Justice; equity.

    Usage: {Law}, {Statute}, {Common law}, {Regulation}, {Edict},
    {Decree}. Law is generic, and, when used with
    reference to, or in connection with, the other words
    here considered, denotes whatever is commanded by one
    who has a right to require obedience. A statute is a
    particular law drawn out in form, and distinctly
    enacted and proclaimed. Common law is a rule of action
    founded on long usage and the decisions of courts of
    justice. A regulation is a limited and often,
    temporary law, intended to secure some particular end
    or object. An edict is a command or law issued by a
    sovereign, and is peculiar to a despotic government. A
    decree is a permanent order either of a court or of
    the executive government. See {Justice}.

    1. Frank lied about how he met Gobie and he lied when he wrote that, as far as he knew, Gobie was obeying the law.
    2. Klan leaders said this year's rally in part was a celebration of the state's decision not to enforce the mask law, which a state judge ruled unconstitutional after Miller's arrest.
    3. California's press shield law, which forbids holding reporters in contempt for withholding confidential sources or unpublished material, provides ironclad protection in civil cases, the court said in a unanimous decision.
    4. But the most controversial section of the legislation was the plan to overhaul the law that blocks new products with any element of futurity from trading on a securities exchange.
    5. In sum, the law might have shot itself in the foot, but it deserves to be shot in the head, along with Mr. Carson's proposal.
    6. Under the measure, the arrest authority for Border Patrol agents has been expanded from immigration law violations to other crimes, including suspected drug activity.
    7. A mysterious man linked to the Medellin cocaine cartel acknowledged he forged millions of dollars in greenbacks and passed thousands along the U.S.-Mexico border, a top law enforcement official said Tuesday.
    8. If procedures are followed, the law does not oblige employers to pay redundancy pay; in practice employers rarely do so. Salaried employees come under separate legislation.
    9. Like the raucous chair-throwing sessions and fights that break out in the Yuan, Hsu's unusual campaign for the December vote indicates how much the island has changed since martial law.
    10. I don't want to ennoble it too much, but it's about the strength of humanity of this woman as opposed to the cold, inhumane aspect of the law that said she shouldn't help anybody, under those circumstances.
    11. A lengthy investigation by U.S., Italian and Canadian law enforcement authorities resulted in the arrests on Monday at seven locations in the city and on Long Island, law enforcement officials said.
    12. A lengthy investigation by U.S., Italian and Canadian law enforcement authorities resulted in the arrests on Monday at seven locations in the city and on Long Island, law enforcement officials said.
    13. Philippine President Aquino directed her cabinet to draft a comprehensive agrarian program, and said she may sign it into law before a new Congress convenes in July.
    14. "Never before in the history of American criminal law has a court granted the prosecution such a one-sided bonanza of information about the defense case," lawyers Brendan V. Sullivan Jr. and Barry S. Simon said in the pleading filed Monday.
    15. In a related matter, Mr. Reynolds said he is "hopeful" that the FCC will approve the proposed sale of KHJ-TV, Los Angeles, before year end, despite the administrative law judge's ruling.
    16. Meese disqualified himself last year when the Reagan administration opposed renewing the federal law which created independent counsels to investigate top government officials.
    17. In a decision that could bolster the rights of AIDS victims, the justices ruled 7-2 that people with contagious diseases are covered by a federal law that prohibits discrimination against the handicapped in federally aided programs.
    18. I don't think you have any instance as flagrant as this one." Just how flagrant is too flagrant isn't clear under Florida law: A certain degree of "pre-petition planning," as bankruptcy lawyers like to call it, is acceptable.
    19. Ruled that the U.S. territory of Guam and its officials may not be sued for allegedly violating a much-used federal civil rights law.
    20. With time running out for legislative action in the election season, the bill's chances of becoming law are cloudy.
    21. But that is where optimism about the new law within Egypt's nascent financial services industry largely ends. 'In comparison to what we had, it's a huge leap forward,' says Mr Ahmed Foda, managing director of Investments & Securities Group in Cairo.
    22. William Barnett, managing partner for Pennzoil's law firm, Baker & Botts, told The Associated Press none of the attorneys working on the case were aware of the payment.
    23. Under the 1989 law, which San Francisco Municipal Court began enforcing Tuesday, anyone convicted of prostitution or solicitation must be tested for the HIV virus and receive counseling.
    24. NEW HAMPSHIRE: Pro-choice legislators want to try again to overturn an unenforced, century-old law making abortion a crime. Gov. Judd Gregg vetoed a similar bill this year.
    25. But the Reserve Officers Association and others say that not using combat reserves is a fierce blow to the morale of these citizen soldiers who train with active units and are required by law to be ready to mobilize in times of crisis.
    26. He then dismisses criticism of these decisions, which he sees as arising from the erroneous assumption "that the court's function is to replace law with moral passion, even if that moral passion produces dubious results."
    27. The new law, however, hasn't stopped legislators from compiling wish-lists for new programs.
    28. National Gay Rights Advocates, a California public interest law firm, has filed a class action suit on behalf of AIDS patients against the Department of Health and Human Services, FDA and National Institutes of Health.
    29. The 1986 law limits this work to people certified as qualified by the EPA, which set forth training requirements in last year's regulation.
    30. "The Age of Diminishing Expectations" is the first in a planned quarterly series of "briefing books" aimed at institutional buyers such as investment houses, law firms, banks and foreign embassies.
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