(law) an increase in a beneficiary's share in an estate (as when a co-beneficiary dies or fails to meet some condition or rejects the inheritance) | the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system |
an increase by natural growth or addition | a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society |
(geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment | a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature |
(biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles | the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do |
(astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases | legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity |
something contributing to growth or increase | the collection of rules imposed by authority |
| the force of policemen and officers |