Laws \Laws\ n.
   the first five books of the Old Testament, also called The
   Law and Torah.

   Syn: Pentateuch, Law of Moses, Torah.
        [WordNet 1.5]

	

	Laws
    n 1: the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures
         comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible
         considered as a unit [syn: Torah, Pentateuch, Laws]

	

	LAWS, RHODIAN, maritime. law. A code of laws adopted by the people of 
Rhodes, who had, by their commerce and naval victories, obtained the 
sovereignty of the sea, about nine hundred. years before the Christian era. 
There is reason to suppose this code has not been transmitted to posterity, 
at least not in a perfect state. A collection of marine constitutions, under 
the denomination of Rhodian Laws, may be seen in Vinnius, but they bear 
evident marks of a spurious origin. See Marsh. Ins. B. 1, c. 4, p. 15; this 
Dict. Code; Laws of Oleron; Laws of Wisbuy; Laws of the Hanse Towns.