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Lex

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Lex"

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Word	Definition
lawnoun	(usually with "the") The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities.
barkernoun	A person employed to solicit customers by calling out to passersby, e.g. at a carnival.
eurnoun	European
legislationnoun	A law which has been enacted by legislature or other governing body.
statutenoun	A written law or ordinance passed by a legislative body.
actnoun	(countable) An instance of a certain standardized college admissions test in the United States, originally called the American College Test.
rulenoun	A regulation, law, guideline.
regulationnoun	(countable) A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization.
ordinancenoun	(US) A local law, passed by e.g. a city.
codenoun	(programming, uncountable) Instructions for a computer, written in a programming language; the input of a translator, an interpreter or a browser, namely: source code, machine code, bytecode.
decreenoun	An edict or law.
edictnoun	A proclamation of law or other authoritative command.
mandatenoun	An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept; an authorization.
preceptnoun	A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.
canonnoun	A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
enactmentnoun	(law) The act of making (a bill) into law.
directivenoun	An instruction or guideline that indicates how to perform an action or reach a goal.
measurenoun	A prescribed quantity or extent.
ordernoun	(countable) A command.
commandmentnoun	(religion) A divinely ordained command, especially one of the Ten Commandments.