Thesaurus of Synonyms of the Law Term in United Kingdom

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Synonyms of Law

act, assize, behest, bidding, bylaw, canon, case, caveat, charge, charter, code, command, commandment, constitution, covenant, decision, decree, decretum, demand, dictate, divestiture, due process, edict, enactment, equity, garnishment, injunction, institute, instruction, jurisprudence, legislation, mandate, measure, notice, order, ordinance, precedent, precept, prescript, prescription, reg, regulation, requirement, ruling, statute, subpoena, summons, warrant, writ

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accountable, administrative, admissible, amerceable, ancillary, appellate, arcifinious, at the bar, bastard, capax, causidical, chartered, collateral, condemned, consensual, constitutional, coram judice, curule, darrein, disentitled, disfranchised, executive, foraneous, forensic, guilty, heteronomic, inquisitorial, intestate, judicatory, judicial, judiciary, jural, juramental, juridical, justiciable

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law, lawless, leal, learned in the law, legal, legislative, legislatorial, leguleian, litigious, municipal, presiding, proprietary, qui tam, relevant, rhadamanthine, senatorial, statutable, statutory, sub judice, substantive, tortious, ultra vires, ultroneous, unattested, void

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amendment, announcement, bill, clause, code, commitment, decree, edict, enactment, judgment, law, measure, order, ordinance, resolution, statute, subpoena, summons, verdict, warrant, writ

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canon, code, covenance, custom, etiquette, fashion, form, formality, habit, law, percept, precept, propriety, rule, understanding, usage

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authority, bureaucracy, control, direction, domination, dominion, executive, governance, guidance, influence, jurisdiction, law, ministry, patronage, political practice, politics, power, predominance, presidency, regency, regime, regimentation, regulation, restraint, rule, sovereignty, state, superintendence, superiority, supervision, supremacy,

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decree, mandate, legal order, act, announcement, behest, bidding, charge, charging, command, commandment, declaration, decretum, dictum, direction, directive, edict, enactment, injunction, instruction, judgment, law, order, ordinance, precept, prescript, proclamation, promulgation, pronouncement, rap, regulation, rule, ruling, say, statute

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act, canon, command, commandment, decree, decretum, dictate, dictum, directive, enactment, fiat, injunction, instrument, judgment, law, mandate, manifesto, ordinance, precept, prescript, proclamation, pronunciamento, regulation, rule, ruling, statute, ukase, writ

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by the book, canon, convenance, convention, custom, formality, habit, law, layout, practice, precept, proceeding, process, propriety, protocol, regulation, rite, ritual, rule, usage, way

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justice, lawfulness, fairness, amends, appeal, authority, authorization, charter, code, constitutionality, correction, decree, due process, equity, evenness, fair play, fair treatment, hearing, honesty, impartiality, integrity, judicatory, judicature, justness, law, legal process, legality, legalization, legitimacy, litigation, penalty, reasonableness, recompense, rectitude, redress, reparation, review, right, rule, sanction, sentence, truth

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authorization, order, commandment, decree, dictate, direction, directive, injunction, instruction, law, mandate, ordinance, permission, precept, regulation, rule, stipulation,

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control, dominance, ascendancy, authority, authorization, command, connection, direction, domination, dominion, hegemony, imperium, influence, jurisdiction, law, leadership, license, management, omnipotence, paramountcy, predominance, prerogative, prestige, privilege, regency, right, rule, say-so, sovereignty, steam, strength, strings, superiority, supremacy, warrant,

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law, rule of behavior, action
axiom, behest, bidding, byword, canon, commandment, decree, decretum, direction, doctrine, dogma, edict, formula, fundamental, guideline, injunction, instruction, law, mandate, maxim, order, ordinance, prescript, principle, regulation, rule, saying, statute, tenet

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prosecute, bring action against in court, arraign, bring suit, bring to trial, contest, do, haul into court, indict, involve in litigation, law, litigate, prefer charges, pull up, put away, put on docket, put on trial, see in court, seek redress, sue, summon, take to court, try, turn on the heat

regulation, rule, requirement, canon, chapter, code, commandment, decree, decretum, dictate, direction, edict, law, no-nos, numbers, order, ordinance, precept, prescript, principle, procedure, reg, standing order, statute

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ruling, judgment, decree, adjudication, decision, directive, edict, finding, law, order, precept, pronouncement, resolution, rule, verdict

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principle, axiom, belief, benchmark, canon, code, criterion, ethics, example, exemplar, fundamental, grade, guide, ideal, ideals, law, mean, measure, median, mirror, model, morals, norm, rule, rule of thumb, sample, specification

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ban, disapproval, forbiddance, inhibition, interdict, law, limitation, prohibition, proscription, regulation, convention, reservation, restraint, restriction, sanction, social convention

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tradition, established practice, attitude, belief, birthright, conclusion, convention, culture, custom, customs, ethic, ethics, fable, folklore, form, habit, heritage, idea, inheritance, institution, law, legend, lore, mores, myth, mythology, mythos, opinion, practice, praxis, ritual, unwritten law, usage, wisdom

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governance, administration, authority, bureaucracy, command, control, direction, domination, dominion, empire, execution, executive, guidance, influence, jurisdiction, law, ministry, patronage, political practice, politics, polity, power, powers-that-be, predominanc

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legal system, attorneys, barristers, bench, counsel, counselors, court, courtroom, dock, judgment, judiciary, jurists, law, law court, law practice, lawyers, legal profession, solicitors, tribunal

Antonyms of Law:

• breaking, lawlessness, transgression, violation
• illegality, injustice, lawlessness, partiality, unethicalness, unfairness