Perhaps we need some new entries for the Devil's Dictionary: law 1. (archaic) An agreed rule that everyone must obey. 2. A document produced by the government

Perhaps we need some new entries for the Devil's Dictionary: law 1. (archaic) An agreed rule that everyone must obey. 2. A document produced by the government that grants additional powers to the police to confiscate property and otherwise punish people and to protect the police in case some troublemaker complains to a court. lawful Of or pertaining to an act of killing committed by the government, the police, or the armed forces.