Meaning

noun the collection of rules imposed by authority

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

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

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *lagą Old Norse lag Old Norse lǫgbor. Old English lagu Middle English lawe English law From Middle English lawe, laȝe, from Old English lagu (“law”), borrowed from Old Norse lǫg (“law”, literally “things laid down or firmly established”), originally the plural of lag (“layer, stratum, a laying in order, measure, stroke”), from…

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