Law vs. Policy

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The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities.

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The body of such rules that pertain to a particular topic.

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Common law, as contrasted with equity.

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A binding regulation or custom established in a community in this way.

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(more generally) A rule, such as:

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Any rule that must or should be obeyed, concerning behaviours and their consequences. mores.}}

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A rule or principle regarding the construction of language or art.

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A statement (in physics, etc) of an (observed, established) order or sequence or relationship of phenomena which is invariable under certain conditions. theory.}}

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A statement (of relation) that is true under specified conditions; a mathematical or logical rule.

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Any statement of the relation of acts and conditions to their consequences.

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(cricket) One of the official rules of cricket as codified by the its (former) governing body, the MCC.

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The control and order brought about by the observance of such rules.

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A person or group that act(s) with authority to uphold such rules and order (for example, one or more police officers).

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The profession that deals with such rules (as lawyers, judges, police officers, etc).

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Jurisprudence, the field of knowledge which encompasses these rules.

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Litigation, legal action (as a means of maintaining or restoring order, redressing wrongs, etc).

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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.

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(fantasy) One of two metaphysical forces ruling the world in some fantasy settings, also called order, and opposed to chaos.

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An oath sworn before a court, especially disclaiming a debt. wager of law", "wage one's law", "perform one's law", "lose one's law".}}

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(obsolete) A tumulus of stones.

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A hill.

Lawverb

(obsolete) To work as a lawyer; to practice law.

Lawverb

To prosecute or sue (someone), to litigate.

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(nonstandard) To rule over (with a certain effect) by law; govern.

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(informal) To enforce the law.

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To subject to legal restrictions.

Lawinterjection

(dated) An exclamation of mild surprise; lawks.

Lawnoun

In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling regulation; the mode or order according to which an agent or a power acts.

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In morals: The will of God as the rule for the disposition and conduct of all responsible beings toward him and toward each other; a rule of living, conformable to righteousness; the rule of action as obligatory on the conscience or moral nature.

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The Jewish or Mosaic code, and that part of Scripture where it is written, in distinction from the gospel; hence, also, the Old Testament.

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An organic rule, as a constitution or charter, establishing and defining the conditions of the existence of a state or other organized community.

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In philosophy and physics: A rule of being, operation, or change, so certain and constant that it is conceived of as imposed by the will of God or by some controlling authority; as, the law of gravitation; the laws of motion; the law heredity; the laws of thought; the laws of cause and effect; law of self-preservation.

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In mathematics: The rule according to which anything, as the change of value of a variable, or the value of the terms of a series, proceeds; mode or order of sequence.

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In arts, works, games, etc.: The rules of construction, or of procedure, conforming to the conditions of success; a principle, maxim; or usage; as, the laws of poetry, of architecture, of courtesy, or of whist.

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Collectively, the whole body of rules relating to one subject, or emanating from one source; - including usually the writings pertaining to them, and judicial proceedings under them; as, divine law; English law; Roman law; the law of real property; insurance law.

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Legal science; jurisprudence; the principles of equity; applied justice.

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Trial by the laws of the land; judicial remedy; litigation; as, to go law.

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An oath, as in the presence of a court.

Lawverb

Same as Lawe, v. t.

Lawinterjection

An exclamation of mild surprise.

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legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity;

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the collection of rules imposed by authority;

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a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature;

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a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society

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the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system;

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the force of policemen and officers;

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

Law

Law is a system of rules created and enforced through social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a science and the art of justice.

Policynoun

(obsolete) The art of governance; political science.

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(obsolete) A state; a polity.

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(obsolete) A set political system; civil administration.

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(obsolete) A trick; a stratagem.

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A principle of behaviour, conduct etc. thought to be desirable or necessary, especially as formally expressed by a government or other authoritative body.

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Wise or advantageous conduct; prudence, formerly also with connotations of craftiness.

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Specifically, political shrewdness or (formerly) cunning; statecraft.

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The grounds of a large country house.

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(obsolete) Motive; object; inducement.

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(law)

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A contract of insurance.

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A document containing or certifying this contract.

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(obsolete) An illegal daily lottery in late nineteenth and early twentieth century USA on numbers drawn from a lottery wheel (no plural)

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A number pool lottery

Policyverb

(transitive) To regulate by laws; to reduce to order.

Policynoun

Civil polity.

Policynoun

The settled method by which the government and affairs of a nation are, or may be, administered; a system of public or official administration, as designed to promote the external or internal prosperity of a state.

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The method by which any institution is administered; system of management; course.

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Management or administration based on temporal or material interest, rather than on principles of equity or honor; hence, worldly wisdom; dexterity of management; cunning; stratagem.

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Prudence or wisdom in the management of public and private affairs; wisdom; sagacity; wit.

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Motive; object; inducement.

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A ticket or warrant for money in the public funds.

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The writing or instrument in which a contract of insurance is embodied; an instrument in writing containing the terms and conditions on which one party engages to indemnify another against loss arising from certain hazards, perils, or risks to which his person or property may be exposed. See Insurance.

Policynoun

A method of gambling by betting as to what numbers will be drawn in a lottery; as, to play policy.

Policyverb

To regulate by laws; to reduce to order.

Policynoun

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

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

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written contract or certificate of insurance;

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a course or principle of action adopted or proposed by an organization or individual

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prudent or expedient conduct or action

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a contract of insurance

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an illegal lottery or numbers game

Policy

Policy is a deliberate system of principles to guide decisions and achieve rational outcomes. A policy is a statement of intent, and is implemented as a procedure or protocol.