law, n.
(laws)
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(laws)
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the collection of rules imposed by authority
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jurisprudence law
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jurisprudence law
sample sentences
"civilization presupposes respect for the law""the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
semantic pointers
member of this domain (topic)
adjective, procedural
substantive, essential
alienable
undue
alterable
unalterable
incompetent, unqualified
consensual
revertible
fungible
ancestral, hereditary, patrimonial, transmissible
intra vires
ultra vires
major
minor, nonaged, underage
covert
moot
testate
intestate
null, void
evidentiary
appellate, appellant
residuary
reversionary
therefor
scienter
impoundment, impounding, internment, poundage
award, awarding
appointment
remission, remitment, remit
novation
subrogation
disbarment
chance-medley
derogation
recission, rescission
abatement of a nuisance, nuisance abatement
production
law, practice of law
law practice
tort, civil wrong
delinquency, juvenile delinquency
comparative negligence
concurrent negligence
contributory negligence
criminal negligence, culpable negligence
neglect of duty
barratry
champerty
maintenance, criminal maintenance
false pretense, false pretence
resisting arrest
sedition
sexual assault, sexual abuse, sex crime, sex offense
kidnapping, snatch
actual possession
constructive possession
criminal possession
intervention
objection
recusation
filibuster
debarment
recusation, recusal
alienation
legislation, legislating, lawmaking
trust busting
passage, enactment
law enforcement
legal duty
false imprisonment
imprisonment
commutation, re-sentencing
contempt
contempt of Congress
contempt of court
civil contempt
contumacy
criminal contempt
obstruction of justice
due process, due process of law
action, legal action, action at law
case, suit, cause, lawsuit, causa
civil suit
class action, class-action suit
countersuit
criminal suit
moot
paternity suit, bastardy proceeding
antitrust case
counterclaim
custody case
lis pendens
proceedings, proceeding, legal proceeding
adoption
appeal
reversal
affirmation
bankruptcy
receivership
litigation, judicial proceeding
custody battle
vexatious litigation
presentment, notification
naturalization, naturalisation
judgment, judgement, judicial decision
confession of judgment, confession of judgement, cognovit judgment, cognovit judgement
default judgment, default judgement, judgment by default, judgement by default
non prosequitur, non pros
final judgment, final decision
judgment in personam, judgement in personam, personal judgment, personal judgement
judgment in rem, judgement in rem
dismissal, judgment of dismissal, judgement of dismissal
judgment on the merits, judgement on the merits
summary judgment, summary judgement, judgment on the pleadings, judgement on the pleadings
ruling, opinion
Bakke decision
finding
verdict, finding of fact
finding of law, conclusion of law
compromise verdict
directed verdict
false verdict
general verdict
quotient verdict
special verdict
acquittal
murder conviction
rape conviction
robbery conviction
dispossession, eviction, legal ouster
ouster
actual eviction
eviction, constructive eviction
retaliatory eviction
legalization, legalisation, legitimation
legitimation
trial
Scopes trial
review
judicial review
plea
double jeopardy
prosecution, criminal prosecution
test suit, test case
defense, defence, denial, demurrer
entrapment
mistrial
retrial
hearing
administrative hearing
competence hearing
fair hearing
quo warranto
divorce, divorcement
legal separation, separation
condemnation
drug war
annulment, invalidation
dissolution of marriage
amnesty, pardon, free pardon
spoliation
waste, permissive waste
parole
probation
reprieve, respite
bar
bench
court, courtroom
courthouse
dock
messuage
color of law, colour of law
effect, force
infection
advowson
human right
easement
privilege
entitlement
civil right
civil liberty
habeas corpus
freedom of religion
freedom of speech
freedom of the press
freedom of assembly
freedom to bear arms
freedom from search and seizure
right to due process
freedom from self-incrimination, privilege against self incrimination
freedom from double jeopardy
right to speedy and public trial by jury
right to an attorney
right to confront accusors
freedom from cruel and unusual punishment
freedom from involuntary servitude
equal protection of the laws
right to vote, vote, suffrage
freedom from discrimination
equal opportunity
eminent domain
franchise, enfranchisement
patent right
right of election
right of entry
right of re-entry
right of offset
right of privacy
enjoyment, use
usufruct
visitation right
jurisdiction, legal power
venter
presumption
rationale, principle
mens rea, malice aforethought
premeditation
mitigating circumstance
probable cause
nuisance
legal system
bail
jury system
patent system
tax system
voting system, electoral system
legal principle, judicial principle, judicial doctrine
jus sanguinis
jus soli
preemption, pre-emption
relation back, relation
assumed name, fictitious name, Doing Business As, DBA
geographical indication, GI
summation, rundown, summing up
legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument
derivative instrument, derivative
negotiable instrument
docket
passport
ship's papers
manifest
copy, transcript
joint resolution
debenture
power of attorney
letters of administration
letters testamentary
act, enactment
law
anti-drug law
anti-racketeering law, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, RICO Act, RICO
antitrust legislation, antitrust law
statute of limitations
fundamental law, constitution, organic law
United States Constitution, U.S. Constitution, US Constitution, Constitution, Constitution of the United States
public law
legislation, statute law
enabling legislation
occupational safety and health act, federal job safety law
advice and consent
statute book
bill, measure
appropriation bill
bill of attainder
bottle bill
farm bill
trade bill
blue law
blue sky law
gag law
game law
homestead law
poor law
Riot Act
criminal law
court order
decree, fiat, order, edict, rescript
consent decree
curfew
decree nisi
divestiture
legal separation, judicial separation
prohibition
stay
stay of execution
injunction, enjoining, enjoinment, cease and desist order
mandatory injunction
permanent injunction, final injunction
temporary injunction, interlocutory injunction
brief, legal brief
amicus curiae brief
will, testament
probate, probate will
codicil
living will
title, deed, deed of conveyance
assignment
bill of sale
deed poll
enfeoffment
mortgage deed
title deed
trust deed, deed of trust
conveyance
quitclaim, quitclaim deed
muniments
warrant
search warrant
bench warrant, arrest warrant
death warrant
cachet, lettre de cachet
reprieve
commutation
permit, license, licence
patent, letters patent
opinion, judgment, legal opinion, judgement
concurring opinion
dissenting opinion
majority opinion
pardon, amnesty
acquittance, release
writ, judicial writ
assize
certiorari, writ of certiorari
execution, writ of execution
execution, execution of instrument
habeas corpus, writ of habeas corpus
venire facias
mandamus, writ of mandamus
attachment
fieri facias
scire facias
sequestration
writ of detinue
writ of election
writ of error
writ of prohibition
writ of right
authorization, mandate, authorisation
summons, process
subpoena, subpoena ad testificandum
subpoena duces tecum
gag order
garnishment
interdict, interdiction
citation
monition, process of monition
ticket
bill of Particulars
pleading
affirmative pleading
alternative pleading, pleading in the alternative
answer
evasive answer
plea
counterplea
dilatory plea
libel
defective pleading
demurrer
rebutter, rebuttal
replication
rejoinder
special pleading
surrebutter, surrebuttal
surrejoinder
plea bargain, plea bargaining
statute, legislative act
enabling act, enabling clause
ordinance
special act
rule of evidence
legal code
penal code
United States Code, U. S. Code
building code
fire code
sanitary code, health code
specification
connivance, secret approval, tacit consent
libel
Bill of Rights
First Amendment
Fifth Amendment
Fourteenth Amendment
Eighteenth Amendment
Nineteenth Amendment
cause of action
submission
evidence
testimony
corpus delicti
direct evidence
res gestae
circumstantial evidence, indirect evidence
corroborating evidence
hearsay evidence
state's evidence
declaration
attestation
affidavit
verification
subornation
alibi
caveat
jactitation
obiter dictum, dictum
written agreement
question of law, matter of law
sidebar
pretrial, pretrial conference
arbitration
citation
deposition
cross-examination
direct examination
redirect examination, reexamination
disclaimer
demur, demurral, demurrer
dissent
discovery
stipulation, judicial admission
allegation
subornation of perjury
combination in restraint of trade
law firm
Conservative Judaism
legal profession, bar, legal community
Department of Justice, Justice Department, Justice, DoJ
Bureau of Justice Assistance, BJA
Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI
circuit court of appeals
circuit
military court
moot court
night court
provost court
police court
probate court
quarter sessions
superior court
Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States, United States Supreme Court
supreme court, state supreme court, high court
traffic court
trial court
judicial branch
panel, venire
grand jury
hung jury
petit jury, petty jury
special jury, blue ribbon jury
administrative law
civil law
common law, case law, precedent
international law, law of nations
admiralty law, maritime law, marine law
law of the land
martial law
law merchant, mercantile law, commercial law
military law
statutory law
securities law
tax law
domicile, legal residence
defendant, suspect
counsel, advocate, counselor, counsellor, counselor-at-law, pleader
amicus curiae, friend of the court
assignee
assignor
attorney general
barrister
chief justice
contractor
conveyancer
client
defense attorney, defense lawyer
divorce lawyer
filer
intervenor
Jane Doe
John Doe
judge advocate general
jurist, legal expert
justice of the peace
lawgiver, lawmaker
lawyer, attorney
legal representative
legislator
receiver, liquidator
litigant, litigator
next friend
notary, notary public
ordinary
owner, proprietor
paralegal, legal assistant
party
plaintiff, complainant
prevailing party
promulgator
prosecutor, prosecuting attorney, public prosecutor, prosecuting officer
public defender
referee
reversioner
Richard Roe
solicitor
transferee
transferor
trial attorney, trial lawyer
trial judge
trier
trustee, legal guardian
uxor, ux.
vouchee
witness, attestant, attestor, attestator
witness
life estate, estate for life
grant, assignment
inheritance, heritage
accretion
bequest, legacy
devise
jointure, legal jointure
heirloom
interest, stake
vested interest
relief
actual damages, compensatory damages, general damages
nominal damages
punitive damages, exemplary damages, smart money
legal fee
reversion
escheat
satisfaction
recognizance, recognisance
record
legal relation
fiduciary relation
bank-depositor relation
confidential adviser-advisee relation
conservator-ward relation
director-stockholder relation
executor-heir relation
lawyer-client relation, attorney-client relation
partner relation
receiver-creditor relation
trustee-beneficiary relation
legal status
civil death
citizenship
marital status
marriage, matrimony, union, spousal relationship, wedlock
bigamy
civil union
common-law marriage
rule of law
legal representation
diplomatic immunity
limitation
republish
attorn
prove
recuse
filiate
charge
plead
plea-bargain
re-examine
challenge, take exception
get off
pardon
amnesty
mitigate, extenuate, palliate
convict
reconvict
sentence, condemn, doom
capacitate
recuse
file, register
docket
docket
verify
testify, take the stand, bear witness, attest
show, prove, evidence, testify, bear witness
plead
demur
counterclaim
give
stultify
convey
render, submit
prefer
probate
bail out
imprison, jail, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jug, gaol, put away, remand
bind over
aggrieve
part meronym
hypernym
hyponym
administrative law
canon law, ecclesiastical law
civil law
common law, case law, precedent
international law, law of nations
law of the land
martial law
law merchant, mercantile law, commercial law
military law
Mosaic law, Law of Moses
shariah, shariah law, sharia, sharia law, Islamic law
statutory law
securities law
tax law
legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity
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law
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law
sample sentences
"there is a law against kidnapping"
semantic pointers
hypernym
part holonym
domain of synset (topic)
hyponym
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 natural law
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law natural law
a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
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law law of nature
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law law of nature
sample sentences
"the laws of thermodynamics"
semantic pointers
hypernym
part holonym
hyponym
all-or-none law
principle, rule
Archimedes' principle, law of Archimedes
Avogadro's law, Avogadro's hypothesis
Bernoulli's law, law of large numbers
Benford's law
Bose-Einstein statistics
Boyle's law, Mariotte's law
Coulomb's Law
Dalton's law, Dalton's law of partial pressures, law of partial pressures
distribution law
equilibrium law, law of chemical equilibrium
Fechner's law, Weber-Fechner law
Fermi-Dirac statistics
Gay-Lussac's law, Charles's law, law of volumes
Henry's law
Hooke's law
Hubble's law, Hubble law
Kepler's law, Kepler's law of planetary motion
Kirchhoff's laws
law of averages
law of constant proportion, law of definite proportions
law of diminishing returns
law of effect
law of equivalent proportions, law of reciprocal proportions
law of gravitation, Newton's law of gravitation
law of multiple proportions, Dalton's law
law of mass action
law of thermodynamics
Mendel's law
Newton's law of motion, Newton's law, law of motion
Ohm's law
Pascal's law, Pascal's law of fluid pressures
Pauli exclusion principle, exclusion principle
periodic law, Mendeleev's law
Planck's law
Planck's radiation law
principle of relativity
Stevens' law, power law, Stevens' power law
Weber's law
the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
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jurisprudence law legal philosophy
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jurisprudence law legal philosophy
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
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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law practice of law
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law practice of law
sample sentences
"he studied law at Yale"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
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hypernym
domain of synset (topic)
member of this domain (topic)
the force of policemen and officers
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constabulary law police police force
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constabulary law police police force
sample sentences
"the law came looking for him"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
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hypernym
hyponym
Europol, European Law Enforcement Organisation
gendarmerie, gendarmery
Mutawa'een, Mutawa
Royal Canadian Mounted Police, RCMP, Mounties
Scotland Yard, New Scotland Yard
secret police
Schutzstaffel, SS
posse, posse comitatus
member meronym