a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy | the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system |
a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color | a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society |
playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color | a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature |
a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank | the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do |
a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage) | legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity |
(slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit | the collection of rules imposed by authority |
| the force of policemen and officers |