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