body of laws (noun)

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• body — I (collection) noun aggregation, assemblage, batch, colligation, community, company, compilation, congeries, conglomeration, entity, gathering, host, mass, multitude, plenum, polity, sodality, troupe, wholeness associated concepts: body corporate …   Law dictionary

• laws of motion — plural noun see under ↑motion • • • Main Entry: ↑law laws of motion 1. Newton s three laws: (1) every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, except so far as it may be compelled by force to change that state …   Useful english dictionary

• body*/*/*/ — [ˈbɒdi] noun 1) [C] the whole physical structure of a person or animal, including the head, arms, and legs My whole body ached.[/ex] 2) [C] the main part of a person s or animal s body, not including the head, arms, or legs 3) [C] the body of a… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• game laws — /ˈgeɪm lɔz/ (say gaym lawz) plural noun the body of laws enacted for the preservation of game, as by restricting open seasons and the manner of hunting …  

• legislative body — noun persons who make or amend or repeal laws • Syn: ↑legislature, ↑legislative assembly, ↑general assembly, ↑law makers • Derivationally related forms: ↑legislate (for: ↑legislature) …   Useful english dictionary

• Newton's laws of motion — plural noun The three laws first stated by Newton (1687) describing the effect of force on the movement of a body • • • Main Entry: ↑newton …   Useful english dictionary

• Newton's laws — /ˈnjutnz lɔz / (say nyoohtnz lawz) plural noun three laws of motion which form the basis of classical dynamics: 1. all bodies continue in a state of rest or uniform linear motion unless they are acted upon by external forces to change that state …  

• legislative body — /ˌlɛdʒəslətɪv ˈbɒdi/ (say .lejuhsluhtiv bodee) noun an organisation in a nation or state whose function it is to enact laws, as a parliament …  

• subchapter — “+ noun Etymology: sub + chapter : a subdivision of a chapter (as of a code of laws) * * * /sub chap teuhr/, n. a subdivision esp. of a body of laws. [SUB + CHAPTER] * * * subˈchapter (↑chapter) n(2, 3) • • • Main Entry: ↑sub …   Useful english dictionary

• statutory law — noun the body of laws created by legislative statutes • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence * * * noun : the law declared by statute in the broadest sense as distinguished from the common or customary law or the law d …   Useful english dictionary

• oral law — noun 1. : law handed down and perpetuated by word of mouth rather than by writing 2. usually capitalized O&L : mishnah * * * Oral Law noun (Judaism) The Jewish religious law believed to have been passed down orally before being recorded in… …   Useful english dictionary