law - a) all the rules of conduct established and enforced by the authority, legislation or custom of a given community, state or other group b) any one of such rules.

the condition existing when obedience to such rules is general (as in kānūnu mattu suvyavaste).

the branch of knowledge dealing with such rules; jurisprudence.

the system of dispensation of justice as per the llaws of the land (as in 'kānūnannu ninna kaige ettikoḷḷabēḍa); ಕಾನೂನನ್ನು ಕೈಗೆ ತೆಗೆದುಕೊ kanūnannu kaige tegeduko (fig.) to resort to get justice by using force, and not involving the police or judicial system of the state.

the act or digging, excavating the earth; excavation; excavation.

a breach, hole made in the wall of a house by a burglar for committing theft.

the act of burying; esp., the burying of a dead body; interment; burial.

a hole made by a burglar in a house-wall.

the act or an instance of breaking into a house at night to commit theft; burglary.

ಕನ್ನವಿಡುವ ಕಳ್ಳನನ್ನು ಮನ್ನಿಸಿ ತರು kannaviḍuva kaḷḷanannu mannisi taru to nourish a viper in one's bossom.

either side of the face between the nose and ear, below the eye; the cheek.

the part of the body specialised for the perception of sound; organ of hearing; the ear.

the black colour.

the act or an instance of breaking of divine or moral law, esp. by a conscious act; a sin.

a condition of temporary loss of consciousness as a result of an inadequate flow of blood to the brain; faint.

a large tract of land covered with trees and underbush; a forest; woodland.

ಧ್ಯಾನವಿಲ್ಲದವ ಕಾನನಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋದರೇನು dhyānavilladava kānanakke hōdarēnu a person pretending to be a saint can never achieve sainthood even standing in the sanctum sanctorum of a temple.

a building in which a person or persons normally live; a house.