the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system | (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play |
a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society | someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication |
a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature | an attorney appointed by a court to investigate and report on a case |
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 | |