Precept vs. Law

Preceptnoun

A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.

Preceptnoun

(legal) A written command, especially a demand for payment.

Preceptverb

(obsolete) To teach by precepts.

Preceptnoun

Any commandment, instruction, or order intended as an authoritative rule of action; esp., a command respecting moral conduct; an injunction; a rule.

Preceptnoun

A command in writing; a species of writ or process.

Preceptverb

To teach by precepts.

Preceptnoun

rule of personal conduct

Preceptnoun

a doctrine that is taught;

Preceptnoun

a general rule intended to regulate behaviour or thought

Preceptnoun

a writ or warrant

Preceptnoun

an order issued by one local authority to another specifying the rate of tax to be charged on its behalf

Preceptnoun

a rate or tax set by a precept.

Precept

A precept (from the Latin: præcipere, to teach) is a commandment, instruction, or order intended as an authoritative rule of action.

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.