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 learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system |
a request to be present | a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society |
an order to appear in person at a given place and time | 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 |