Law The system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and

which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties: Shooting the birds is against the law they were taken to court for breaking the law

Definition of law - Legal Positivism "A body of rules fixed and enforced by a sovereign political authority." John Austin (English jurist born 1790) "Province of Jurisprudence Determined" Lawexist if it is externally guaranteed by the probability of coercion (physical or psychological) to bring about conformity or avenge violation, and is applied by a staff of people holding themselves specially ready for that purpose." Definition of Law - Max Weber (German Sociologist born 1954)