The Clue
Rules (4 letter answer)
The Answer
LAWS
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Notes
The answer LAWS is common and appears about once every 300 puzzles.
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Definition
LAWS as a noun:
1. (Torah, Pentateuch, Laws) = the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit
LAW as a noun:
1. legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity; "there is a law against kidnapping"
2. (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. (law, law of nature) = a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature; "the laws of thermodynamics"
4. (law, natural law) = a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
5. (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. (police, police force, constabulary, law) = the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking for him"
7. (jurisprudence, law, legal philosophy) = the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do