the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another | the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system |
something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition) | a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society |
an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter | a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature |
a legal document summarizing an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter | the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do |
(law) a contention presented by a lawyer to a judge or jury as part of the case he is arguing | legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity |
the feeling of patient, submissive humbleness | the collection of rules imposed by authority |
the condition of having submitted to control by someone or something else | the force of policemen and officers |