| Main Entry: | law |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rules of a government, society |
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act, assize, behest, bidding, bylaw, canon, case, caveat, charge, charter, code, command, commandment, constitution, covenant, decision, decree, decretum, demand, dictate, divestiture, due process, edict, enactment, equity, garnishment, injunction, institute, instruction, jurisprudence, legislation, mandate, measure, notice, order, ordinance, precedent, precept, prescript, prescription, reg, regulation, requirement, ruling, statute, subpoena, summons, warrant, writ |
Antonyms: |
breaking, lawlessness, transgression, violation |
| Main Entry: | law |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | standard, principle of behavior |
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assumption, axiom, base, canon, cause, criterion, exigency, formula, foundation, fundamental, generalization, ground, guide, maxim, origin, postulate, precept, principium, proposal, proposition, reason, regulation, rule, source, theorem, truth, usage |
Antonyms: |
transgression, violation |
| Main Entry: | law |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
accountable, administrative, admissible, amerceable, ancillary, appellate, arcifinious, at the bar, bastard, capax, causidical, chartered, collateral, condemned, consensual, constitutional, coram judice, curule, darrein, disentitled, disfranchised, executive, foraneous, forensic, guilty, heteronomic, inquisitorial, intestate, judicatory, judicial, judiciary, jural, juramental, juridical, justiciable
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| Main Entry: | law |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
law, lawless, leal, learned in the law, legal, legislative, legislatorial, leguleian, litigious, municipal, presiding, proprietary, qui tam, relevant, rhadamanthine, senatorial, statutable, statutory, sub judice, substantive, tortious, ultra vires, ultroneous, unattested, void
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| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legislative document |
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amendment, announcement, bill, clause, code, commitment, decree, edict, enactment, judgment, law, measure, order, ordinance, resolution, statute, subpoena, summons, verdict, warrant, writ |
| Notes: | an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act |
| Main Entry: | authority |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expert, animate or inanimate |
Synonyms: |
CEO, arbiter, aristocrat, bible, big cheese, big shot, big wig, boss, brains, brass, buff*, city hall, connoisseur, czar, egghead, establishment*, exec, executive, expert, feds, front office, governor, guru, ivory dome, judge, kingfish, kingpin, law*, power elite, pro, professional, professor, pundit, scholar, specialist, textbook, top brass, top dog, top hand, upstairs, veteran, virtuoso, whiz, wizard |
| Main Entry: | axiom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | principle |
Synonyms: |
adage, aphorism, apothegm, device, dictum, fundamental, law, maxim, moral, postulate, precept, proposition, proverb, saying, theorem, truism, truth |
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absurdity, ambiguity, foolishness, nonsense, paradox |
| Main Entry: | bar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legal system |
Synonyms: |
attorneys, barristers, bench, counsel, counselors, court, courtroom, dock, judgment, judiciary, jurists, law, law court, law practice, lawyers, legal profession, solicitors, tribunal |
| Main Entry: | basis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | foundation for belief, action |
Synonyms: |
antecedent, assumption, authority, axiom, backbone, background, backing, base, bedrock, cause, center, chief ingredient, core, crux, data, dictum, essence, essential, evidence, explanation, footing, fundamental, hard fact, heart, infrastructure, justification, keynote, keystone, law, nexus, nucleus, postulate, premise, presumption, presupposition, principal element, principle, proof, reason, root, rudiment, sanction, security, source, substratum, support, theorem, theory, underpinning, warrant |
| Main Entry: | belief |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something regarded as true |
Synonyms: |
assumption, concept, credence, credo, creed, doctrine, dogma, faith, fundamental, gospel, gospel truth, hypothesis, idea, ideology, law, opinion, postulate, precept, principle, say-so, tenet, theorem, theory |
Antonyms: |
disbelief, nonbelief |