What does "law" mean?

In addition to the idioms beginning with law, also see above suspicion (the law); lay down the law; letter of the law; long arm of the law; Murphy's law; possession is nine points of the law; take the law into one's hands; unwritten law.

See law in WNW Idioms

go to law

to take a problem or dispute to a law court for settlement

lay down the law

to give explicit orders in an authoritative manner
to give a scolding (to)

read law

to study to become a lawyer

the Law

the Mosaic law, or the part of the Jewish Scriptures containing it; specif., the Pentateuch
â Informal a policeman or the police

See law in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Idioms

a law unto (oneself)

A totally independent operator: An executive who is a law unto herself.

take the law into (one's) own hands

To mete out justice as one sees fit without due recourse to law enforcement agencies or the courts.

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