the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization | the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system |
a legal document giving official permission to do something | a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society |
freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech) | a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature |
excessive freedom; lack of due restraint | 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 |