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How to sign: the force of policemen and officers
"the law came looking for him";
Similiar / Same: police, police force, constabulary
Categories: force, law enforcement agency, personnel
Within this category: Europol, gendarmerie, Mutawa'een, posse, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Schutzstaffel, Scotland Yard, secret police
How to sign: legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity
"there is a law against kidnapping";
Categories: instrument, legal document, legal instrument, official document
Within this category: anti-drug law, anti-racketeering law, antitrust legislation, blue law, blue sky law, fundamental law, gag law, homestead law, poor law, prohibition, public law, Riot Act, statute of limitations
How to sign: the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
Similiar / Same: jurisprudence, legal philosophy
Categories: philosophy
Within this category: contract law, corporation law, matrimonial law, patent law