the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system | the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization |
a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society | a legal document giving official permission to do something |
a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature | freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech) |
the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do | excessive freedom; lack of due restraint |
legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity | |
the collection of rules imposed by authority | |
the force of policemen and officers | |