LAWS Synonyms

• a stock or supply of foods

• a rule adopted by an organization in order to regulate its own affairs and the behavior of its members

• a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field of art or philosophy

• a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter

• a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall

• a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts

• a complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church

• a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired

• a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones)

• a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy

• (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions

• a series of letters, numbers or symbols assigned to something for the purpose of classification or identification

• attach a code to

• convert ordinary language into code

• an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

• a military unit or region under the control of a single officer

• the power or authority to command

• availability for use

• a position of highest authority

• great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity

• (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program

• be in command of

• make someone do something

• demand as one's due

• look down on

• exercise authoritative control or power over

• a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)

• issue a decree

• decide with authority

• a pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity

• showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on

• a formal or authoritative proclamation

• a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)

• a light line that is used in lettering to help align the letters

• a detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards or determining a course of action

• a rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior

• (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed

• (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy

• a degree in a continuum of size or quantity

• established customary state (especially of society)

• logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements

• a condition of regular or proper arrangement

• a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)

• a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities

• a formal association of people with similar interests

• a body of rules followed by an assembly

• a group of person living under a religious rule

• (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families

• a request for something to be made, supplied, or served

• (architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans

• the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement

• give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority

• make a request for something

• issue commands or orders for

• bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations

• bring order to or into

• place in a certain order

• appoint to a clerical posts

• arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events

• assign a rank or rating to

• an authoritative command

• a statute enacted by a city government

• the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders

• a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group

• a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government

• written contract or certificate of insurance

• a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct

• a rule or standard especially of good behavior

• a basic truth or law or assumption

• a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system

• rule of personal conduct

• (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)

• an authoritative command

• a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior

• the state of being controlled or governed

• (embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered

• the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular

• the act of controlling or directing according to rule

• prescribed by or according to regulation

• required activity

• anything indispensable

• something that is required in advance

• a principle that limits the extent of something

• an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)

• the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)

• a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior

• something regarded as a normative example

• prescribed guide for conduct or action

• (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice

• a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct

• the duration of a monarch's or government's power

• dominance or power through legal authority

• directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted

• any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order

• a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system

• (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems

• measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths

• exercise authority over; as of nations

• decide with authority

• be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance

• decide on and make a declaration about

• have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac

• mark or draw with a ruler

• keep in check

• an act passed by a legislative body

• enacted by a legislative body

• the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do

• the collection of rules imposed by authority