a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base | the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system |
an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists) | a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society |
physical energy or intensity | a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature |
a powerful effect or influence | the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do |
(of a law) having legal validity | legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity |
group of people willing to obey orders | the collection of rules imposed by authority |
a unit that is part of some military service | the force of policemen and officers |
a group of people having the power of effective action | |
one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority | |
(physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity | |