the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do | an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement |
the collection of rules imposed by authority | a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage |
| a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding |
| a passage or expression that is quoted or cited |
| (law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.) |