Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
Noun
S: (n) law, jurisprudence (the collection of rules imposed by authority) "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
S: (n) theory (a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena) "theories can incorporate facts and laws and tested hypotheses"; "true in fact and theory"
S: (n) jurisprudence, law, legal philosophy (the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do)
S: (n) law, practice of law (the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system) "he studied law at Yale"