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laws

  • plural
    of law.
    law
    noun
    the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision.

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Mark Walter’s insurance empire is under investigation by federal authorities — and the subject of discussions with state regulators — over allegations the businesses he controls failed to properly follow laws designed to protect investors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Puerto’s suit tells an equally powerful story about laws like H.B.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

Astronomers have long suspected that black holes operate according to the same underlying physical laws regardless of their mass.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Weapons are still getting into the country despite tough gun laws, but what is clear is that work being done by both police and the community is having an impact.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Even as a free man in Virginia, Isaac lived under written laws that restricted the legal rights of free blacks and the code of unwritten rules that applied to black people.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis