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Law or Laws can refer to more than one thing:

• In human societies, law is a set of norms, which can be seen both in a sociological or in a philosophical or semantic sense.
  • Items associated with the practice of law are often called "legal," such as "legal paper size."
  • In some Christian denominations, the Old Testament tradition is referred to as the Law, in contrast with the New Testament, which is referred to as the Gospel. More specifically, in Hebrew the first five books of the Tanakh are called the Torah, which means the Law, as distinguished from the sections of the Prophets and the Writings.
  • Laws of logic and mathematics describe the nature of rational thought.
• In the sciences, a law of nature, an empirical law or principle, or physical law is a statement that describes regular or patterned relationships among observable phenomena.
  • Laws of economics and psychology describe the nature of human behavior and interaction.
  • Many adages are popularly known as "laws"; such as Murphy's law.
• The Laws is a dialogue by Plato, dealing with the origin of normative laws and physical laws.

LAW as an acronym

• M72 LAWs are light anti-armor rockets used by NATO armies.

People named Law

• Andrew Bonar Law - British prime minister
• Bernard Cardinal Law - former Archbishop of Boston
• John Law - economist
• Jude Law - actor
• Rick Law - illustrator

Law is also a common transliteration for the Chinese surname 羅 (see Luo (surname)).

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