a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative | the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system |
the opinion of a group as determined by voting | a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society |
a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment | a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature |
the total number of voters who participated | the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do |
a body of voters who have the same interests | legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity |
| the collection of rules imposed by authority |
| the force of policemen and officers |