law

US: /ˈɫɑ/, /ˈɫɔ/

UK: /lˈɔː/


English - Vietnamese dictionary

law /lɔ:/
  • danh từ
    • phép, phép tắc, luật; quy luật, định luật; điều lệ
      • to submit to a law: tuân theo một phép tắc, tuân theo một điều lệ
      • the laws of gravity: những định luật về trọng lực
      • the laws of football: luật bóng đá
      • the laws of painting: quy tắc hội hoạ
      • economic laws: quy luật kinh tế
      • the law of supply and demand: luật cung cầu
    • pháp luật, luật
      • everybody is equal before the law: tất cả mọi người đều bình đẳng trước pháp luật
      • to settle a matter without going to law: hoà giải một công việc không cần đến pháp luật
      • to put the law into force; to carry out the law: phạm luật
      • to keep the law; to keep within the law: tuân giữ pháp luật
      • commercial law; law merchant: luật thương mại
      • maritime law: luật hàng hải
      • international law; the law of nations: luật quốc tế
    • luật học; nghề luật sư
      • to read (study) law: học luật
      • law student: học sinh đại học luật
    • Doctor of Laws
      • tiến sĩ luật khoa
    • to fellow the law; to practise the law; to go in for the law: làm nghề luật sư
    • toà án, việc kiện cáo
      • court of law: toà án
      • to be at law with somebody: kiện ai
      • to go law: ra toà án, nhờ đến pháp luật
      • to go to law with someone; to have the law of someone: kiện ai, đưa ai ra toà
    • giới luật gia
    • (thể dục,thể thao) sự chấp (thời gian, quâng đường...)
    • law and order
      • anh ninh trật tự
    • to be a law into oneself
      • làm theo đường lối của mình, bất chấp cả luật lệ
    • to give [the] law to somebody
      • bắt ai phải làm theo ý mình
    • to lay down the law
      • nói giọng oai quyền, ra oai
    • necessity (need) knows no law
      • tuỳ cơ ứng biến

Advanced English dictionary

+ noun
system of rules
1 (also the law) [U] the whole system of rules that everyone in a country or society must obey: If they entered the building they would be breaking the law. + In Sweden it is against the law to hit a child. + Defence attorneys can use any means within the law to get their client off. + British schools are now required by law to publish their exam results. + The reforms have recently become law. + Do not think you are above the law (= think that you cannot be punished by the law). + the need for better law enforcement + (humorous) Kate's word was law in the Brown household.
2 [U] a particular branch of the law: company / tax law + He specializes in international law.
See also - CANON LAW, CASE LAW, CIVIL LAW, COMMON LAW, PRIVATE LAW, STATUTE LAW
one rule
3 [C] ~ (on sth)
~ (against sth) a rule that deals with a particular crime, agreement, etc: the 1996 law against the hiring of illegal immigrants + The government has introduced some tough new laws on food hygiene. + strict gun / licensing laws + a federal / state law + to pass a law (= officially make it part of the law) + (spoken) There ought to be a law against it!
See also - BY-LAW, LICENSING LAWS
subject / profession
4 [U] the study of the law as a subject at university, etc.; the profession of being a lawyer: Jane is studying law. + (AmE) He's in law school. + (BrE) He's at law school. + What made you go into law? + a law firm
police
5 (the law) [sing.] used to refer to the police and the legal system: Jim is always getting into trouble with the law. + She was well known for her brushes with the law.
of organization / activity
6 [C] one of the rules which controls an organization or activity: the laws of the Church + The first law of kung fu is to defend. + the laws of cricket + the laws of war
of good behaviour
7 [C] a rule for good behaviour or how you should behave in a particular place or situation: moral laws + the unspoken laws of the street
in business / nature / science
8 [C] the fact that sth always happens in the same way in an activity or in nature: the laws of supply and demand + the law of gravity
9 [C] a scientific rule that sb has stated to explain a natural process: the first law of thermodynamics
See also - MURPHY'S LAW, PARKINSON'S LAW, SOD'S LAW, LEGAL, LEGALIZE, LEGISLATE
Idioms: be a law unto yourself to behave in an independent way and ignore rules or what other people want you to do: Boys of that age are a law unto themselves.
go to law (BrE) to ask a court of law to settle a problem or disagreement: They went to law to get back their property.
law and order a situation in which people obey the law and behave in a peaceful way: The government struggled to maintain law and order. + After the riots, the military was brought in to restore law and order. + They claim to be the party of law and order.
the law of averages the principle that one thing will happen as often as another if you try enough times: Keep applying and by the law of averages you'll get a job sooner or later.
the law of the jungle a situation in which people are prepared to harm other people in order to succeed: These criminal gangs only recognize the law of the jungle.
lay down the law to tell sb what they should or should not do, in a forceful way: My dad started laying down the law about what time I should come home.
take the law into your own hands to do sth illegal in order to punish sb for doing sth wrong, instead of letting the police deal with them: After a series of burglaries in the area, the police are worried that residents might take the law into their own hands.
there's no law against sth (spoken) used to tell sb who is criticizing you that you are not doing anything wrong: I'll sing if I want to-there's no law against it.
more at LETTER n., RULE n., WRONG adj.

Thesaurus dictionary

n.
1 rule, regulation, ordinance, statute, act, enactment, by-law, measure, edict, decree, order, directive, injunction, command, commandment, canon, mandate, ukase:
They have a law that forbids smoking on aeroplanes.
2 corpus juris, (legal) code, constitution, rules and regulations, charter, Law equity:
The law must be applied equally to all citizens.
3 principle, proposition, theory, theorem, formula, axiom, deduction, corollary, postulate, conclusion, inference:
Not every observable phenomenon obeys the laws of physics.

Collocation

1 official rule/rules

ADJ.

administrative, case, civil, common, constitutional, contract, criminal, international, statute, etc.
(see also
martial law)

VERB + LAW

become
Parliament voted for the bill to become law.
| enforce, uphold
It's the job of the police to enforce the law.
| obey, observe | break, flout, violate | adopt, enact, pass | annul, repeal | interpret
Judges interpret this law in different ways.

LAW + VERB

allow sth, forbid sth, prohibit sth
The law forbids gambling of any kind.
| permit sth | require sth
The wearing of a crash helmet is required by law.
| govern sth
the law governing school attendance

LAW + NOUN

court | enforcement

PREP.

above the ~
No one is above the law.
| against the ~
What you did was clearly against the law.
| by ~
By law, you are obliged to install smoke alarms in the factory.
| within the ~
The company is operating entirely within the law.
| ~ against
a local law against keeping horses
| ~ concerning
the law concerning industrial action ballots
| ~ on
A law on hunting will cause a lot of disagreements.
| ~ relating to
the law relating to the sale of goods

PHRASES

as the law stands
As the law stands, you can get married while still too young to have a driving licence.
| law and order
Martial law was imposed to prevent the breakdown of law and order.
| the letter of the law
In spite of the difficulties it would cause her family, the judge stuck to the letter of the law and jailed her.
| take the law into your own hands
When police failed to arrest the suspect, local people took the law into their own hands and beat him up.

2 subject of study/profession

VERB + LAW

practise

LAW + NOUN

firm

More information about SUBJECT

SUBJECT:

of study do, read, study ~ do ~
is more commonly used with school subjects (but may also be used with university subjects):She did maths, physics and chemistry at school.

study ~
is used with both school and university subjects:He studied German at school. She went on to study mathematics at university.

read ~
is only used with university subjects and is quite formal:She was educated privately and at Pembroke College, where she read classics.

lecture in, teach ~
He taught music at a school in Edinburgh.

Other verbs used withsubjectcan also be used with particular subjects of study:Half the students take geography at A level. We offer accounting as a subsidiary course.

~ degree, a degree/diploma in ~
a law degree a higher diploma in fine art

~ class, course, lecture, lesson
The genetics lectures are on a different campus.

~ department, a/the department of ~
All enquiries should be made to the Department of Architecture.

~ graduate, student, undergraduate
Some architecture graduates gain further qualifications in specialist fields.

~ lecturer, teacher, tutor
He's an English teacher at Highland Road School.

~ professor, (a) professor of ~
She's professor of linguistics at the University of Wales.

the study of ~
The study of philosophy helps you to think critically.

in ~
He got As in history and art.


Concise dictionary

laws|lawed|lawinglɔː
noun
+legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity
+the collection of rules imposed by authority
+a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
+a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
+the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system
+the force of policemen and officers
+the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do

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