Emily Dickinson Lexicon

law (-s), n. [OE la u.] (webplay: absolute, accordance, actions, army, art, bound, called, circumstances, claim, counselors, day, existing, forbids, formal, found, God, growth, institutions, justice, learning, long, Lord, man, mind, nature, neighbors, night, obedience, obligation, off, party, perpetual, process, properties, public, redress, statute, supreme, title, will).

1. Rule; set of, or one of a set of limits or bounds on conduct as established by a government.
2. Right; principle governed by nature.
3. Order; peace; absence of anarchy or chaos established by government.