a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states | the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system |
a particular course of action intended to achieve a result | a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society |
a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant | a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature |
(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents | the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do |
a mental process that you are not directly aware of | legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity |
a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant | the collection of rules imposed by authority |
| the force of policemen and officers |