an outward appearance | the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system |
(of a law) having legal validity | a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society |
an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived) | a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature |
the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work | the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do |
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon | legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity |
a symptom caused by an illness or a drug | the collection of rules imposed by authority |
| the force of policemen and officers |