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Definition of Law: Prescribe

Law is defined as (1) a binding custom or rule prescribed by a controlling authority and recognized as obligatory, (2) the whole body of such customs and rules enforced through the courts, and (3) the means of redressing wrongs through litigation and the agencies that enforce established law such as police. Law can also refer to advisable or obligatory rules of conduct like laws of self-preservation.

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Definition of Law: Prescribe

Law is defined as (1) a binding custom or rule prescribed by a controlling authority and recognized as obligatory, (2) the whole body of such customs and rules enforced through the courts, and (3) the means of redressing wrongs through litigation and the agencies that enforce established law such as police. Law can also refer to advisable or obligatory rules of conduct like laws of self-preservation.

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Definition of law

1. 1a (1) : a binding custom or practice of a community : a rule of conduct


or action prescribed (see prescribe 1a) or formally recognized as binding
or enforced by a controlling authority (2) : the whole body of such
customs, practices, or rules <The courts exist to uphold, interpret, and
apply the law.> (3) : common lawb (1) : the control brought about by the
existence or enforcement of such law <preserved law and order in the
town> (2) : the action of laws considered as a means of redressing
wrongs; also : litigation <developed the habit of going to law over the
slightest provocation H. A. Overstreet> (3) : the agency of or an agent
of established law <When he saw that the fighting was escalating, he
called in the law.>c : a rule or order that it is advisable or obligatory to
observe <a law of self-preservation>

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