an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding | the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system |
an incidental remark | a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society |
| a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature |
| 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 |