1. (입법부가 제정한) 법, 법률 [The body of rules and standards issued by the legislative body, or to be applied by courts and similar authorities.]
This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of England. 이 계약은 영국법에 따라 규율된다.
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2. 법규.[A particular such rule.]
3. (일반적인) 법칙.[(more generally) A written or understood rule that concerns behaviours and their consequences. Laws are usually associated with mores.]
4. (과학적인) 법칙 [(sciences, strictly) A well-established, observed physical characteristic or behavior of nature. The word is used to simply identify "what happens," without implying any explanatory mechanism or causation. Compare to theory.]
Murphy's law : 머피의 법칙
Newton's laws of motion : 뉴톤의 운동 법칙
6. (형평법에 대비하여) 일반법 [A category of English "common law" petitions that request monetary relief, as opposed to relief in forms other than a monetary judgment; compare to "equity".]
the principles of law and equity 보통법과 형평법의 원칙들
a customary law 관습법
When there is no provision in this Act as to a commercial matter, the commercial customary law shall apply; and if there is no such law, the provisions of the Civil Act shall apply. 상사에 관하여 본법에 규정이 없으면 상관습법에 의하고 상관습법이 없으면 민법의 규정에 의한다. (따옴◄Commercial Act of South Korea art. 1 )