A set of laws is a collection of rules and regulations that are enforced by a governing body. The most common examples of sets of laws are the CODE of Hammurabi, the Ten Commandments, and the Bill of Rights. The four-letter CODE for a set of laws is LAW. The CODE of Hammurabi is an ancient set of laws from Mesopotamia, which was written in 1754 BC. The Ten Commandments are a set of religious laws from the Bible, which were given to Moses on Mount Sinai. The Bill of Rights is a set of laws from the United States Constitution, which was ratified in 1791.