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A "law" is just a theory that has been around long enough to inspire a lot of confidence in its chances of being true.

By that time, it has been tested by experiments and none has ever found a problem with it.

Also by that time, the theory has produced predictions that have been proven accurate by experiments designed to test them.

So it begins to be referred to as a "law".

But that doesn't mean that it can never be blown to bits. Even at this stage, it may still be found out as only an approximation, or only a part of the story, for example when experimental techniques become more precise. This has actually happened to Newton's "Laws" of motion.

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