the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon | the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system |
an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances | a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society |
the creation of something in the mind | a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature |
the event that occurred at the beginning of something | 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 |