Full Idea
Laws are true generalisations that support counterfactuals and are confirmed by their instances.
Clarification
'Counterfactuals' make statements about what might happen, usually beginning with "If…"
Gist of Idea
Laws are true generalisations which support counterfactuals and are confirmed by instances
Source
Jerry A. Fodor (Jerry A. Fodor on himself [1994], p.293)
Book Reference
'A Companion to the Philosophy of Mind', ed/tr. Guttenplan,Samuel [Blackwell 1995], p.293
A Reaction
This seems correct, but it doesn't disentangle laws as mental states from laws as features of nature