The noun law has 7 senses (first 7 from tagged texts)
1. (339) law -- (legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity; "there is a law against kidnapping")
2. (322) law, jurisprudence -- (the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order")
3. (72) law, law of nature -- (a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature; "the laws of thermodynamics")
4. (48) law, natural law -- (a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society)
5. (35) law, practice of law -- (the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system; "he studied law at Yale")
6. (24) police, police force, constabulary, law -- (the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking for him")
7. (14) jurisprudence, law, legal philosophy -- (the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do)