#law  legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity; "there is a law against kidnapping"
  supertype:  #legal_document__legaldocument__legal_instrument__legalinstrument__officialdocument__instrument  a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right
  part of:  #jurisprudence
  subtype:  #anti-drug_law  a law forbidding the sale or use of narcotic drugs
  subtype:  #anti-racketeering_law__Racketeer_Influenced_and_Corrupt_Organizations_Act__RICO_Act__RICO  law intended to eradicate organized crime by establishing strong sanctions and forfeiture provisions
  subtype:  #antitrust_legislation__antitrustlegislation__antitrust_law  law intended to promote free competition in the market place by outlawing monopolies
  subtype:  #statute_of_limitations  a statute prescribing the time period during which legal action can be taken
  subtype:  #fundamental_law__fundamentallaw__organic_law__organiclaw__constitution  law determining the fundamental political principles of a government
     instance:  #United_States_Constitution__Constitution_of_the_United_States
  subtype:  #public_law  a law affecting the public at large
  subtype:  #blue_law  a statute regulating work on Sundays
  subtype:  #blue_sky_law  a state law regulating the sale of securities in an attempt to control the sale of securities in fraudulent enterprises
  subtype:  #homestead_law__homesteadlaw  a law conferring privileges on owners of homesteads
  subtype:  #poor_law  a law providing support for the poor
  subtype:  #Riot_Act  a former English law requiring mobs to disperse after a magistrate reads the law to them
  subtype:  #prohibition.law  a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages; "in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US"

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