laws

nounrules of a government, society
nounstandard, principle of behavior

Antonyms for laws

Word Origin & History

Old English lagu (plural laga, comb. form lah-) "law, ordinance, rule, regulation; district governed by the same laws," from Old Norse *lagu "law," collective plural of lag "layer, measure, stroke," literally "something laid down or fixed," from Proto-Germanic *lagan "put, lay" (see lay (v.)).

Replaced Old English æ and gesetnes, which had the same sense development as law. Cf. also statute, from Latin statuere; German Gesetz "law," from Old High German gisatzida; Lithuanian istatymas, from istatyti "set up, establish." In physics, from 1660s. Law and order have been coupled since 1796.

Example Sentences forlaws

Aspasia remained in Athens, triumphant over the laws of religion and morality.

The laws of the country made it impossible to accompany her beloved husband.

All laws to secure these ends will receive my best efforts for their enforcement.

These laws are general and their administration should be uniform and equal.

The supremacy of the nation and its laws should be no longer a subject of debate.

It is the crisis which makes the pressure, and not the laws which provide a remedy for it.

To increase the attachment of our people to the Union, our laws should be just.

I have been selected by you to execute and enforce the laws of the country.

From those who loved the people and, of course, despised the laws?

Americans are called to enact this promise in our lives and in our laws.