Significado de law en español

• 0 the subject or job of understanding and dealing with the laws of a country

  • I studied law at college.

• 1 an official rule in a country

  • There are laws against drinking in the street.

• 2 the system of official rules in a country

  • You’re breaking the law.

  • It’s against the law (= illegal) not to wear seat belts.

• 3 If you have to do something by law, it is illegal not to do it.

  • Children have to go to school by law.

• 4 all the rules of a society

  • By law, you cannot smoke in restaurants. Por ley, no se puede fumar en los restaurantes.

  • to obey the law obedecer la ley

  • Talking on a cell phone while driving is against the law. Hablar por teléfono móvil mientras se conduce va contra la ley.

  • If you break the law, you go to jail. Si te saltas la ley, vas a la cárcel.

  • law enforcement officials oficiales de los cuerpos de seguridad

  • basic principles of law enforcement principios básicos del cumplimiento coercitivo de la ley

  • After the violence there was a brief return to law and order. Después de la violencia hubo un breve retorno a la ley y orden.

• 5 a particular rule

  • a new law passed by Congress una nueva ley aprobada por el Congreso

  • laws against drunk driving leyes contra la conducción en estado de ebriedad

  • a federal/state law una ley federal/estatal

• 6 the study of the rules of a society, or the practice of being a lawyer

  • young people studying law jóvenes estudiando derecho

  • He went to law school in Boston. Él fue a la escuela de derecho en Boston.

  • a big law firm in the city un gran bufete de abogados en la ciudad

• 7 a rule or principle in a particular area of knowledge or activity

  • the laws of science las leyes de la ciencia

  • the law of supply and demand la ley de la oferta y la demanda

• 8 paying no attention to rules or accepted ways of behaving

  • My brother has always been a law unto himself. Mi hermano siempre ha actuado según su propio criterio.

• 9 to state rules and make clear that they must be obeyed

  • His parents laid down the law before giving him the car keys. Sus padres sentaron las reglas antes de darle las llaves del coche.

• 10 to try to solve a problem without the help of the legal authorities

  • The two men took the law in their own hands and went to find the killer. los dos hombres se tomaron la justicia por su mano y fueron a buscar al asesino