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law, jurisprudence, legal philosophy
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the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do |
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law, jurisprudence
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the collection of rules imposed by authority |
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law, practice of law
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[in law] the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system |
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police, law, police force, constabulary
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the force of policemen and officers |
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law, natural law
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a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society |
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law
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[in law] legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity |
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law, law of nature
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a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature |