How to Use law in a Sentence

law

noun
  • The bill will become law at the beginning of the year.
  • In our civics class we learned how a bill becomes a law.
  • The courts exist to uphold, interpret, and apply the law.
  • Schools are required by law to provide a safe learning environment.
  • She has proposed a new law to protect people from being evicted unfairly.
  • He's been in and out of trouble with the law for the last 10 years.
  • There has not been any change to that part of the law since.
    Brian Blase, Forbes, 13 May 2021
  • For a long time, consent has been a hazy area in the eyes of the law.
    Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 24 Nov. 2021
  • In most cases, the law is on the side of rights holders.
    Steve Knopper, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2019
  • The facts and the law should dictate the ultimate outcome of the case.
    The Editors, National Review, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Which is to say: What is needed here is the rule of law.
    Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 12 Sep. 2019
  • But the law says that any slave who sheds a white man’s blood must be killed.
    Outlander Fan, Marie Claire, 12 Nov. 2018
  • The law firm Seitz was with at the time mounted Lang’s defense.
    Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 3 July 2021
  • That was the point of the new law: To keep some, but not all, people from voting.
    Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Jan. 2022
  • The new city law is aimed at cracking down on short-term rentals.
    Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2023
  • South Korea has passed a law banning the sale of dog meat.
    Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 9 Jan. 2024
  • This, in part, forces people to take the law into their own hands.
    Gilbert M Khadiagala, Quartz Africa, 12 Sep. 2019
  • But all is not lost: The law doesn’t apply to new condos.
    Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 17 Jan. 2019
  • The following year, the first of the ban, was too rainy for egg-rolling, making the law a moot point.
    Jillian MacKenzie, Town & Country, 28 Feb. 2019
  • Life unwittingly placed them on the fringes of the law.
    Itxu Díaz, National Review, 16 May 2021
  • And now, having fallen afoul of the law, things could get a whole lot worse for him.
    SI.com, 8 July 2018
  • Gun rights groups have filed lawsuits to reverse the first two laws.
    Daliah Singer, NBC News, 5 June 2023
  • The city, under state law, must bring in a third party to conduct the blight study.
    cleveland, 8 Feb. 2022
  • Murdaugh's law partners were all around the crime scene.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Rallies against the proposed law took place around the country.
    Fox News, 13 July 2018
  • Cary would have trouble with the law well into his adult life.
    Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 25 Jan. 2019
  • Marsh ruled that the office did not comply with the public-records law.
    Sun Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2023
  • My law clerks come from diverse backgrounds and points of view.
    Elizabeth Williamson, New York Times, 11 July 2018
  • Both letters were provided to The Arizona Republic through the state's public records law.
    The Arizona Republic, 14 Apr. 2024
  • An experiment in state housing law Though the builder’s remedy has been on the books since the 1990s, the provision went untested until last year.
    Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2024

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