law

law law lord in the UK, a member of the House of Lords qualified to perform its legal work; a term first recorded in a letter of Edmund Burke's of 1773.
law of averages the supposed principle that future events are likely to turn out so that they balance any past deviation from a presumed average. The term is recorded from the 19th century, and derives initially from a comment by the historian Henry Thomas Buckle (1821–62). The first (sceptical) reference to ‘Mr Buckle's ‘.Law of Averages’. ’ is found in 1875, and from then on the term became established.
law of nations international law, a body of rules established by custom or treaty and recognized by nations as binding in their relations with one another. Law of nations, a translation of the Latin phrase jus gentium, was originally used to denote rules common to the law of all nations. The transition to the current sense developed particularly through the appeal to ‘the law of nations’ in such matters as the treatment of ambassadors or the obligation to observe treaties.
law of the jungle the supposed code of survival in jungle life, originally shown favourably in Kipling's Jungle Books (1894–5), ‘Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky.’ The term is now used to embody the principle that those who are strong and apply ruthless self-interest will be most successful.
Law Society the professional body responsible for regulating solicitors in England and Wales, established in 1825.
one law for the rich and another for the poor the poor are likely to be more harshly treated by the legal system; proverbial saying, mid 19th century.

See also hard cases make bad law, ignorance of the law is no excuse, laws, the law of the Medes and Persians at Mede, necessity knows no law, the Law and the Prophets at prophet.