Law vs. Regulation

Lawnoun

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

Lawnoun

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

Lawnoun

Common law, as contrasted with equity.

Lawnoun

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

Lawnoun

(more generally) A rule, such as:

Lawnoun

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

Lawnoun

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

Lawnoun

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

Lawnoun

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

Lawnoun

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

Lawnoun

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

Lawnoun

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

Lawnoun

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

Lawnoun

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

Lawnoun

Jurisprudence, the field of knowledge which encompasses these rules.

Lawnoun

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

Lawnoun

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.

Lawnoun

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

Lawnoun

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".}}

Lawnoun

(obsolete) A tumulus of stones.

Lawnoun

A hill.

Lawverb

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

Lawverb

To prosecute or sue (someone), to litigate.

Lawverb

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

Lawverb

(informal) To enforce the law.

Lawverb

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.

Lawnoun

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.

Lawnoun

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

Lawnoun

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

Lawnoun

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.

Lawnoun

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.

Lawnoun

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.

Lawnoun

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.

Lawnoun

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

Lawnoun

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

Lawnoun

An oath, as in the presence of a court.

Lawverb

Same as Lawe, v. t.

Lawinterjection

An exclamation of mild surprise.

Lawnoun

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

Lawnoun

the collection of rules imposed by authority;

Lawnoun

a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature;

Lawnoun

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

Lawnoun

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

Lawnoun

the force of policemen and officers;

Lawnoun

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.

Regulationnoun

(uncountable) The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated.

Regulationnoun

(countable) A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization.

Regulationnoun

(European Union law) A form of legislative act which is self-effecting, and requires no further intervention by the Member States to become law.

Regulationnoun

(genetics) Mechanism controlling DNA transcription.

Regulationnoun

(medicine) Physiological process which consists in maintaining homoeostasis.

Regulationadjective

In conformity with applicable rules and regulations.

Regulationnoun

The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated.

Regulationnoun

A rule or order prescribed for management or government; prescription; a regulating principle; a governing direction; precept; law; as, the regulations of a society or a school.

Regulationnoun

an authoritative rule

Regulationnoun

a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior;

Regulationnoun

the state of being controlled or governed

Regulationnoun

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

Regulationnoun

the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular

Regulationnoun

the act of controlling or directing according to rule;

Regulationadjective

prescribed by or according to regulation;

Regulationnoun

a rule or directive made and maintained by an authority

Regulationnoun

in accordance with regulations; of the correct type

Regulationnoun

of a familiar or predictable type; formulaic

Regulationnoun

the action or process of regulating or being regulated

Regulation

Regulation is the management of complex systems according to a set of rules and trends. In systems theory, these types of rules exist in various fields of biology and society, but the term has slightly different meanings according to context.