the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system | the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself) |
a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society | a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty |
a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature | a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people |
the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do | a vague idea in which some confidence is placed |
legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity | the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision |
the collection of rules imposed by authority | a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof |
the force of policemen and officers | |