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• Received-Pronunciation: /lɔː/
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• Northumbria: /laː/
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Compare la and Lawd.

Clipping of Lawrence; From the given name Lawrence.

From Old English hlaw (“a hill or burial mound”).

A semantic loan of Greek νόμος (nómos, “law”), rendering Hebrew תּוֹרָה (tōrāh, “instruction, teaching”) in the sense of divine law.

From Cantonese 羅 /罗 (lo4). Doublet of Luo and Lo.

Etymology 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 Proto-Germanic *lagą (“that which is laid down”), from Proto-Indo-European *legh- (“to lie”). Cognate with Scots law (“law”), Icelandic lög (“things laid down, law”), Faroese lóg (“law”), Norwegian lov (“law”), Swedish lag (“law”), Danish lov (“law”), Finnish laki (“law”). Compare typologically distant cognate Russian уложе́ние (uložénije). Displaced native Old English ǣ and ġesetnes. More at lay. Not related to legal, nor to French loi, Spanish ley, all of which ultimately derive from Latin lēx, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather”).

From Northern Middle English lawe, from Old English hlāw (“burial mound”). Also spelled low. See also Scots law.

From Middle English lagh, from Old Norse lag (“that which is lying or laid, position, price, way, sting, blow”), from Proto-Germanic *lagą (“that which is laid”). Cognate with Scots lauch (“one's tavern-reckoning or one's share of the cost, a score; a payment for drink or entertainment”), Middle English lai (“one's share of expenses, one's bill or account”).

468 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: азакуан (azakʼwan) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Afrikaans: wet — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Albanian: ligj — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Ambonese Malay: wet — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Amharic: ሕግ (ḥəg) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Arabic: قَانُون (qānūn) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Arabic: شَرِيعَة (šarīʕa) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Arabic: نَامُوس (nāmūs) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Armenian: օրենք (ōrenkʻ) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Aromanian: nom — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Asturian: llei — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Atong (India): niam — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Azerbaijani: hüquq — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Basque: lege — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Bengali: আইন (ain) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Bulgarian: зако́н (zakón) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Burmese: ဥပဒေ (u.pa.de) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Burmese: တရား (ta.ra:) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Buryat: хуули (xuuli) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Catalan: llei — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Catalan: dret — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Cebuano: balaod — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Chechen: ӏедал (ˀedal) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Chechen: бакъо (baqʼo) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Cherokee: ᏗᎧᏃᏩᏛᏍᏗ (dikanowadvsdi) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Chinese Cantonese: 法律 (faat3 leot6) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Chinese: 法律 (hoat-lu̍t) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Chinese Mandarin: 法律 (fǎlǜ) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Czech: právo — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Czech: zákon — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Danish: lov — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Danish: ret — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Dutch: wet — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Dutch: recht — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Erzya: витьчи (viťči) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Erzya: права (prava) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Esperanto: leĝaro — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Estonian: õigus — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Ewe: se — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Extremaduran: lei — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Extremaduran: derechu — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Finnish: laki — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Finnish: lainsäädäntö — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• French: loi — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• French: droit — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Galician: lei — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Georgian: სამართალი (samartali) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• German: Gesetz — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• German: Recht — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌸 (witōþ) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Greek: νόμος (nómos) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Greek: δίκαιο (díkaio) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Ancient Greek: νόμος (nómos) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Haitian Creole: lwa — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Hawaiian: kānāwai — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Hebrew: חוק \ חֹק (khók) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Hebrew: מִשְׁפָּט (mishpát) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Hindi: क़ानून (qānūn) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Hindi: विधान (vidhān) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Hindi: नियम (niyam) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• White Hmong: cai — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Hungarian: jog — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Icelandic: lög — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Indonesian: hukum — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Ingrian: oikehus — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Interlingua: lege — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Irish: dlí — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Italian: legge — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Japanese: 法律 (hōritsu) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Kannada: ಕಾನೂನು (kānūnu) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Kazakh: заң (zañ) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Kazakh: құқық (qūqyq) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Khmer: ច្បាប់ (cbap) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Korean: 법률 (beomnyul) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Central Kurdish: یاسا (yasa) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Northern Kurdish: qanûn — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Northern Kurdish: zagon — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Northern Kurdish: yasa — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Kyrgyz: кай (kay) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Lao: ກົດຫມາຍ (kot māi) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Latin: iūra — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Latvian: tiesības — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Lithuanian: teisė — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Lombard: leg — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Lü: ᦀᦱᧆᦍᦱ (̇ʼaadyaa) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Lutuv: phungbie — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Luxembourgish: Droit — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Malagasy: lalana — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Malay: undang-undang — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Malayalam: നിയമം (niyamaṁ) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Maltese: liġi — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Manchu: ᡶᠠᡶᡠᠨ (fafun) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Marrucinian: lixs — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Middle English: lawe — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Mongolian: хууль (xuulʹ) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠤᠯᠢ (qauli) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Nepali: कानून (kānūn) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Nepali: विधान (vidhān) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Nepali: नियम (niyam) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Norwegian Bokmål: lov — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Norwegian Bokmål: lag — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Occitan: lei — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Occitan: drech — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Old English: dōm — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Old English: ǣ — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Oromo: seera — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Palauan: llach — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Dari: قَانُون (qānūn) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Iranian Persian: قانون (ġânun) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Polish: prawo — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Portuguese: lei — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Portuguese: direito — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Quechua: kamachiy — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Romanian: lege — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Romanian: drept — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Russian: пра́во (právo) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Russian: зако́н (zakón) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Serbo-Croatian: за́кон — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Serbo-Croatian: пра̏вило — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Serbo-Croatian: пра́во — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Serbo-Croatian: zákon — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Serbo-Croatian: prȁvilo — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Serbo-Croatian: právo — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Shan: မၢႆမီႈ (mǎai mīi) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Sicilian: dirittu — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Sicilian: liggi — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Sicilian: jussu — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Sidamo: higge — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Slovak: právo — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Slovak: zákon — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Slovene: pravo — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Slovene: zakon — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Somali: sharci — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Somali: xeer — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Lower Sorbian: pšawo — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Spanish: ley — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Spanish: derecho — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Swahili: sheria — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Swedish: lag — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Swedish: rätt — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Tagalog: batas — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Tagalog: dalubbatasan — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Tai Dam: ꪶꪀꪒꪢꪱꪥ — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Tai Dam: ꪩꪺꪒ — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Tajik: қонун (qonun) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Tamil: சட்டம் (caṭṭam) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Telugu: చట్టము (caṭṭamu) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Telugu: న్యాయశాస్త్రము (nyāyaśāstramu) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Thai: กฎหมาย (gòt-mǎai) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Tocharian B: pele — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Tok Pisin: lo — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Turkish: yasa — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Turkish: kanun — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Turkish: hukuk — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Turkish: tüze — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Urdu: قانُون (qānūn) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Uyghur: ھوقۇق (hoquq) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Uzbek: huquq — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Venetan: lège — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Vietnamese: pháp luật — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Vietnamese: luật — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Volapük: lon — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Volapük: lonem — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Walloon: lwè — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Welsh: cyfraith — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Wolaytta: seeraa — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Yakut: сокуон (sokuon) — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Zazaki: soret — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Zazaki: huquq — body of rules established in a community by its authorities
• Afrikaans: wet — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Albanian: ligj — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Northern Altai: чозок (čozok) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Southern Altai: закон (zakon) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Southern Altai: јозок (ǰozok) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Amharic: ሕግ (ḥəg) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Arabic: قَانُون (qānūn) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Arabic: حُقُوق (ḥuqūq) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Armenian: օրենք (ōrenkʻ) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Aromanian: nom — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Aromanian: zãcon — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Aromanian: zaconj — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Aromanian: leadzi — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Assamese: আইন (ain) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Asturian: llei — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Avestan: 𐬛𐬁𐬙𐬀 (dāta) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Azerbaijani: qanun — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Baluchi: کانود (kánúd) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Baluchi: قانود (qánúd) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Bashkir: хоҡуҡ (xoquq) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Basque: lege — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Belarusian: зако́н (zakón) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Bengali: আইন (ain) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Bengali: কানুন (kanun) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Bengali: নিয়ম (niẏom) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Breton: lezenn — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Bulgarian: зако́н (zakón) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Burmese: ဥပဒေ (u.pa.de) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Catalan: llei — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Chinese Cantonese: 法律 (faat3 leot6) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Chinese: фалү (falü) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Eastern Min Chinese: 法律 (huák-lŭk) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Hakka Chinese: 法律 (fap-li̍t) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Chinese: 法律 (hoat-lu̍t) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Chinese Mandarin: 法律 (fǎlǜ) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Wu Chinese: 法律 — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Czech: zákon — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Danish: lov — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Dutch: wet — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Elfdalian: lag — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Esperanto: leĝo — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Estonian: seadus — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Ewe: se — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Faroese: lóg — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Finnish: laki — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• French: loi — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Friulian: leç — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Friulian: leğ — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Gagauz: zakon — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Galician: lei — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Georgian: კანონი (ḳanoni) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• German: Gesetz — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Greek: νόμος (nómos) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Ancient Greek: νόμος (nómos) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Greenlandic: inatsit — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Haitian Creole: lalwa — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Hebrew: דִּין (din) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Hebrew: חוק \ חֹק (khok) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Hindi: क़ानून (qānūn) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Hindi: नियम (niyam) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Hindi: विधि (vidhi) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Hindi: विधान (vidhān) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Hungarian: törvény — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Icelandic: lög — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Indonesian: hukum — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Indonesian: undang-undang — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Ingrian: zakona — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Irish: dlí — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Italian: legge — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Japanese: 法 (hō) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Kannada: ಕಾನೂನು (kānūnu) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Kannada: ಕಾಯ್ದೆ (kāyde) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Kazakh: заң (zañ) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Kazakh: құқық (qūqyq) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Khmer: ច្បាប់ (cbap) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Korean: 법 (beop) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Kumyk: закон (zakon) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Central Kurdish: یاسا (yasa) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Northern Kurdish: qanûn — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Northern Kurdish: zagon — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Northern Kurdish: yasa — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Kyrgyz: мыйзам (mıyzam) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Kyrgyz: закон (zakon) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Kyrgyz: заң (zaŋ) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Kyrgyz: кай (kay) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Kyrgyz: укук (ukuk) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Kyrgyz: жосун (josun) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Ladin: lege — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Lao: ກົດຫມາຍ (kot māi) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Latgalian: likums — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Latin: lex — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Latvian: likums — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Lithuanian: įstatymas — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Luxembourgish: Gesetz — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Macedonian: закон (zakon) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Macedonian: право (pravo) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Malay: peraturan — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Malay: undang-undang — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Malayalam: നിയമം (niyamaṁ) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Maltese: liġi — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Manchu: ᡴᠣᠣᠯᡳ ᡶᠠᡶᡠᠨ (kooli fafun) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Māori: ture — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Marathi: कायदा (kāydā) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Marrucinian: lixs — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Middle English: lawe — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Mongolian: хууль (xuulʹ) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠤᠯᠢ (qauli) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Nahuatl: nauatili — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Navajo: bee hazʼáanii — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Norman: louai — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Norwegian Bokmål: lov — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Norwegian Bokmål: lag — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lov — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Old Occitan: ley — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Odia: ନିୟମ (niyama) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Odia: ଆଇନ୍ (āin) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Church Slavic: законъ (zakonŭ) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Church Slavic: ⰸⰰⰽⱁⱀⱏ (zakonŭ) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Old East Slavic: законъ (zakonŭ) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Old English: dōm — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Old English: ǣ — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Oromo: seera — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Ossetian: закъон (zak’on) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Palauan: llach — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Pashto: قانون (qānun) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Dari: قَانُون (qānūn) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Dari: حُقُوق (huqūq) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Iranian Persian: قانون (ġânun) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Iranian Persian: حُقوق (hoġuġ) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Middle Persian: dād — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Polish: prawo — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Polish: reguła — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Polish: zasada — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Polish: przepis — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Portuguese: lei — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Romanian: lege — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Romansh: dretg — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Russian: зако́н (zakón) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Russian: пра́вило (právilo) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Russian: пра́во (právo) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Northern Sami: láhka — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Sanskrit: नियम (niyama) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Sanskrit: न्याय (nyāya) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Sardinian: lei — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Scots: law — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Serbo-Croatian: за́кон — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Serbo-Croatian: пра̏вило — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Serbo-Croatian: zákon — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Serbo-Croatian: prȁvilo — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Shan: တြႃး (tráa) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Shan: မၢႆမီႈ (mǎai mīi) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Shor: чозақ (çozaq) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Sicilian: liggi — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Sicilian: règula — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Sicilian: norma — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Sinhalese: නීතිය (nītiya) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Slovak: zákon — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Slovene: zakon — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Lower Sorbian: kazń — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Upper Sorbian: zakoń — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Spanish: ley — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Swahili: kanuni — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Swedish: lag — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Swedish: regel — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Tagalog: batas — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Tajik: қонун (qonun) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Tajik: ҳуқуқ (huquq) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Tamil: சட்டம் (caṭṭam) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Taos: láyna — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Tatar: канун (qanun) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Tatar: хокук (xoquq) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Telugu: నియమము (niyamamu) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Telugu: చట్టము (caṭṭamu) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Thai: กฎหมาย (gòt-mǎai) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Tibetan: ཁྲིམས (khrims) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Tigrinya: ሕጊ (ḥəgi) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Tigrinya: ስርዓት (sərʿat) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Tok Pisin: lo — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Turkish: kanun — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Turkish: yasa — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Turkish: hukuk — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Turkmen: kanun — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Ukrainian: зако́н (zakón) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Urdu: قانُون (qānūn) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Urdu: حُقُوق (huqūq) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Uyghur: قانۇن (qanun) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Uzbek: qonun — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Uzbek: huquq — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Venetan: lexe — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Venetan: leje — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Venetan: lege — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Vietnamese: pháp luật — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Vietnamese: luật pháp — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Welsh: deddf — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Yakut: сокуон (sokuon) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Yiddish: געזעץ (gezets) — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Zazaki: soret — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Zhuang: faplwd — any rule that must or should be obeyed
• Arabic: قَانُون (qānūn) — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Armenian: օրենք (ōrenkʻ) — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Asturian: llei — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Bengali: নিয়ম (niẏom) — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Bulgarian: зако́н (zakón) — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Catalan: llei — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Chinese Cantonese: 定律 (ding6 leot6) — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Chinese: 定律 (tēng-lu̍t) — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Chinese Mandarin: 定律 (dìnglǜ) — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Czech: zákon — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Danish: lov — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Dutch: wet — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Estonian: seadus — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Estonian: seaduspärasus — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Finnish: laki — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• French: loi — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• French: théorème — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• German: Gesetz — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Hebrew: חוק \ חֹק (choqq) — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Hindi: नियम (niyam) — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Hungarian: törvény — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Icelandic: lögmál — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Interlingua: lege — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Irish: dlí — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Italian: legge — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Japanese: 法則 (hōsoku) — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Kannada: ನಿಯಮ (niyama) — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Korean: 법칙 (beopchik) — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Latin: lex — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Latvian: likums — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Lithuanian: dėsnis — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Malay: hukum — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Middle English: lawe — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Dari: قَانُون (qānūn) — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Iranian Persian: قانون (ġânun) — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Polish: prawo — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Portuguese: lei — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Romanian: lege — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Russian: зако́н (zakón) — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Sicilian: liggi — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Slovene: zakon — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Spanish: ley — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Swahili: kanuni — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Swedish: lag — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Telugu: సిద్ధాంతము (siddhāntamu) — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Turkish: kanun — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Turkish: yasa — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Turkish: ilke — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Vietnamese: định luật — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Welsh: deddf — statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena
• Armenian: օրենք (ōrenkʻ) — mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions
• Bulgarian: зако́н (zakón) — mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions
• Czech: zákon — mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions
• Danish: lov — mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions
• Estonian: reegel — mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions
• Estonian: seadus — mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions
• Finnish: laki — mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions
• Finnish: sääntö — mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions
• French: loi — mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions
• German: Gesetz — mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions
• Hindi: नियम (niyam) — mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions
• Hindi: सिद्धांत (siddhānt) — mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions
• Hungarian: törvény — mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions
• Irish: dlí — mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions
• Italian: legge — mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions
• Japanese: 法則 (hōsoku) — mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions
• Japanese: 律 (ritsu) — mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions
• Kannada: ನಿಯಮ (niyama) — mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions
• Korean: 법칙 (beopchik) — mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions
• Latin: lex — mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions
• Dari: قَانُون (qānūn) — mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions
• Iranian Persian: قانون (ġânun) — mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions
• Polish: reguła — mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions
• Portuguese: lei — mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions
• Romanian: lege — mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions
• Russian: зако́н (zakón) — mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions
• Sicilian: liggi — mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions
• Slovene: zakon — mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions
• Spanish: ley — mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions
• Swedish: lag — mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions
• Telugu: సూత్రము (sūtramu) — mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions
• Turkish: kanun — mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions
• Welsh: deddf — mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions
• Zazaki: qanun (diq) — mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions
• Danish: loven — informal: the police
• Finnish: kytät — informal: the police
• German: Gesetz — informal: the police
• Hungarian: rendőr — informal: the police
• Italian: legge — informal: the police
• Polish: stróż prawa — informal: the police
• Portuguese: lei — informal: the police
• Romanian: lege — informal: the police
• Russian: поли́ция (polícija) — informal: the police
• Sicilian: liggi — informal: the police
• Turkish: kanun — informal: the police
• Turkish: asayiş — informal: the police
• Zazaki: asayış — informal: the police
• Hebrew: עֲרִיכַת דִּין (arikhát dín) — the legal profession
• Italian: legge — the legal profession
• Sicilian: liggi — the legal profession
• Zazaki: heqat — the legal profession