aid for the aged or indigent or handicapped | the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system |
the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance) | a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society |
assistance in time of difficulty | a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature |
the act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged | the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do |
sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background | legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity |
a change for the better | the collection of rules imposed by authority |
the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced | the force of policemen and officers |
someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult) | |
(law) redress awarded by a court | |
the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress) | |
a pause for relaxation | |