the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do | (law) a procedure whereby a party to a suit says that a particular line of questioning or a particular witness or a piece of evidence or other matter is improper and should not be continued and asks the court to rule on its impropriety or illegality |
the collection of rules imposed by authority | the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent |
| the speech act of objecting |
| the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest |