a United States 44-gun frigate that was one of the first three naval ships built by the United States; it won brilliant victories over British frigates during the War of 1812 and is without doubt the most famous ship in the history of the United States Navy; it has been rebuilt and is anchored in the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston | the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system |
the constitution written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and subsequently ratified by the original thirteen states | a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society |
| a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature |
| the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do |
| legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity |
| the collection of rules imposed by authority |
| the force of policemen and officers |