the act of hearing attentively | the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system |
(law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence | a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society |
the ability to hear; the auditory faculty | a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature |
a session (of a committee or grand jury) in which witnesses are called and testimony is taken | the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do |
the range within which a voice can be heard | legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity |
an opportunity to state your case and be heard | the collection of rules imposed by authority |
| the force of policemen and officers |