the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system | people who are highly experienced or who have inside information |
a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society | money bet or invested by experienced gamblers or investors (especially if they have inside information) |
a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature | (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct) |
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 | |