the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system | a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was correct and should stand |
a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society | a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something |
a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature | (religion) a solemn declaration that serves the same purpose as an oath (if an oath is objectionable to the person on religious or ethical grounds) |
the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do | the act of affirming or asserting or stating something |
legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity | |
the collection of rules imposed by authority | |
the force of policemen and officers | |