the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system | a plea that delays the action without settling the cause of action; it can challenge the jurisdiction or claim disability of the defendant etc. (such defenses are usually raised in the defendant's answer) |
a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society | |
a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature | |
the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do | |
legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity | |
the collection of rules imposed by authority | |
the force of policemen and officers | |