the act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or office | the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system |
the act of putting something somewhere | a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society |
(law) a pretrial interrogation of a witness; usually conducted in a lawyer's office | a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature |
the natural process of laying down a deposit 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 |