a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena | the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system |
a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena | a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society |
a belief that can guide behavior | 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 |