(Scotland) a conical hill
(OS grid ref NS8252) A village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland, United Kingdom .
(Judaism) the five Books of Moses, particularly the commandments in it, as well as their specification in the Mishnah and their further interpretation in later religious literature
(Christianity, biblical) the commandments in the Books of Moses, seen as transcended by Christ
(Christianity, less often) the commandments and moral principles that are binding for Christians, such as the Decalogue, the teachings of the New Testament, the Church Fathers, etc.
(usually with "the") The noun "law" refers to the body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established by legislative and judicial authorities in a community, including those pertaining to specific topics and common law as opposed to equity.
A binding regulation or custom established in a community in this way.
(more generally) A noun "law" represents a rule or principle that must be obeyed, whether it pertains to behaviors and their consequences, the construction of language or art, the order or sequence of phenomena, mathematical or logical rules, the relation of acts and conditions to their consequences, regular changes in pronunciation, or the official rules of cricket.
The control and order brought about by the observance of such rules.
(informal) A person or group that act(s) with authority to uphold such rules and order (for example, one or more police officers).
The profession that deals with such rules (as lawyers, judges, police officers, etc).
Jurisprudence, the field of knowledge which encompasses these rules.
Litigation; legal action (as a means of maintaining or restoring order, redressing wrongs, etc).
(now uncommon) An allowance of distance or time (a head start) given to a weaker (human or animal) competitor in a race, to make the race more fair.
(aviation) A mode of operation of the flight controls of a fly-by-wire aircraft.
(fantasy) One of two metaphysical forces ruling the world in some fantasy settings, also called order, and opposed to chaos.
(law, chiefly historical) An oath sworn before a court, especially disclaiming a debt.
(nonstandard) To rule over (with a certain effect) by law; to govern.
(informal) To enforce the law.
To subject to legal restrictions.