is a specific kind of: philosophy.

is a broader term that covers: contract law | corporation law | matrimonial law | patent law.

derivation: judge, jurist, justice | jurist, legal expert | jurisprudential.

is a specific kind of: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection.

is a broader term that covers: administrative law | canon law, ecclesiastical law | civil law | case law, common law, precedent | international law, law of nations | law of the land | martial law | commercial law, law merchant, mercantile law | military law | Law of Moses, Mosaic law | Islamic law, sharia, sharia law, shariah, shariah law | statutory law | securities law | tax law ... show more.

has as a part: law.

domain member category: impounding, impoundment, internment, poundage | award, awarding | appointment | remission, remit, remitment | novation | subrogation | disbarment | chance-medley | derogation | recission, rescission | abatement of a nuisance, nuisance abatement | production | law, practice of law | law practice | civil wrong, tort | delinquency, juvenile delinquency | comparative negligence | concurrent negligence | contributory negligence | criminal negligence, culpable negligence | neglect of duty | barratry | champerty | criminal maintenance, maintenance | false pretence, false pretense | resisting arrest | sedition | sex crime, sex offense, sexual abuse, sexual assault | kidnapping, snatch | actual possession | constructive possession | criminal possession | intervention | objection | recusation | filibuster | debarment | recusal, recusation | alienation | lawmaking, legislating, legislation | trust busting | enactment, passage | 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, action at law, legal action | case, causa, cause, lawsuit, suit | civil suit | class-action suit, class action | countersuit | criminal suit | moot | bastardy proceeding, paternity suit | antitrust case | counterclaim | custody case | lis pendens | legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings | adoption | appeal | reversal | affirmation | bankruptcy | receivership | judicial proceeding, litigation | custody battle | vexatious litigation | notification, presentment | naturalisation, naturalization | judgement, judgment, judicial decision | cognovit judgement, cognovit judgment, confession of judgement, confession of judgment | default judgement, default judgment, judgement by default, judgment by default | non pros, non prosequitur | final decision, final judgment | judgement in personam, judgment in personam, personal judgement, personal judgment | judgement in rem, judgment in rem | dismissal, judgement of dismissal, judgment of dismissal | judgement on the merits, judgment on the merits | judgement on the pleadings, judgment on the pleadings, summary judgement, summary judgment | opinion, ruling | Bakke decision | finding | finding of fact, verdict | conclusion of law, finding 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 | constructive eviction, eviction | retaliatory eviction | legalisation, legalization, legitimation | legitimation | trial | Scopes trial | review | judicial review | plea | double jeopardy | criminal prosecution, prosecution | test case, test suit | defence, defense, demurrer, denial | 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, free pardon, pardon | spoliation | permissive waste, 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, suffrage, vote | freedom from discrimination | equal opportunity | eminent domain | enfranchisement, franchise | 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 | principle, rationale | malice aforethought, mens rea | premeditation | mitigating circumstance | probable cause | nuisance | legal system | bail | jury system | patent system | tax system | electoral system, voting system | judicial doctrine, judicial principle, legal principle | jus sanguinis | jus soli | pre-emption, preemption | relation, relation back | assumed name, DBA, Doing Business As, fictitious name | geographical indication, GI | rundown, summation, summing up | instrument, legal document, legal instrument, official document | derivative, derivative instrument | negotiable instrument | docket | passport | ship's papers | manifest | copy, transcript | joint resolution | debenture | power of attorney | letters of administration | letters testamentary | act, enactment | anti-drug law | anti-racketeering law, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, RICO, RICO Act | antitrust law, antitrust legislation | statute of limitations | constitution, fundamental law, organic law | Constitution, Constitution of the United States, U.S. Constitution, United States Constitution, US Constitution | public law | legislation, statute law | enabling legislation | federal job safety law, occupational safety and health act | 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, edict, fiat, order, rescript | consent decree | curfew | decree nisi | divestiture | judicial separation, legal separation | prohibition | stay | stay of execution | cease and desist order, enjoining, enjoinment, injunction | mandatory injunction | final injunction, permanent injunction | interlocutory injunction, temporary injunction | brief, legal brief | amicus curiae brief | testament, will | probate, probate will | codicil | living will | deed, deed of conveyance, title | assignment | bill of sale | deed poll | enfeoffment | mortgage deed | title deed | deed of trust, trust deed | conveyance | quitclaim, quitclaim deed | muniments | warrant | search warrant | arrest warrant, bench warrant | death warrant | cachet, lettre de cachet | reprieve | commutation | licence, license, permit | letters patent, patent | judgement, judgment, legal opinion, opinion | concurring opinion | dissenting opinion | majority opinion | amnesty, pardon | acquittance, release | judicial writ, 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 | authorisation, authorization, mandate | process, summons | 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 | rebuttal, rebutter | replication | rejoinder | special pleading | surrebuttal, surrebutter | surrejoinder | plea bargain, plea bargaining | legislative act, statute | enabling act, enabling clause | ordinance | special act | rule of evidence | legal code | penal code | U. S. Code, United States Code | building code | fire code | health code, sanitary 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 | dictum, obiter dictum | written agreement | matter of law, question of law | sidebar | pretrial, pretrial conference | arbitration | citation | deposition | cross-examination | direct examination | redirect examination, reexamination | disclaimer | demur, demurral, demurrer | dissent | discovery | judicial admission, stipulation | allegation | subornation of perjury | combination in restraint of trade | law firm | Conservative Judaism | bar, legal community, legal profession | Department of Justice, DoJ, Justice, Justice Department | BJA, Bureau of Justice Assistance | FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation | 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 | high court, state supreme court, supreme court | traffic court | trial court | judicial branch | panel, venire | grand jury | hung jury | petit jury, petty jury | blue ribbon jury, special jury | admiralty law, marine law, maritime law | domicile, legal residence | defendant, suspect | advocate, counsel, counsellor, counselor, 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 | attorney, lawyer | legal representative | legislator | liquidator, receiver | litigant, litigator | next friend | notary, notary public | ordinary | owner, proprietor | legal assistant, paralegal | party | complainant, plaintiff | prevailing party | promulgator | prosecuting attorney, prosecuting officer, prosecutor, public prosecutor | public defender | referee | reversioner | Richard Roe | solicitor | transferee | transferor | trial attorney, trial lawyer | trial judge | trier | legal guardian, trustee | ux., uxor | vouchee | attestant, attestator, attestor, witness | witness | estate for life, life estate | assignment, grant | heritage, inheritance | accretion | bequest, legacy | devise | jointure, legal jointure | heirloom | interest, stake | vested interest | relief | actual damages, compensatory damages, general damages | nominal damages | exemplary damages, punitive damages, smart money | legal fee | reversion | escheat | satisfaction | recognisance, recognizance | record | legal relation | fiduciary relation | bank-depositor relation | confidential adviser-advisee relation | conservator-ward relation | director-stockholder relation | executor-heir relation | attorney-client relation, lawyer-client relation | partner relation | receiver-creditor relation | trustee-beneficiary relation | legal status | civil death | citizenship | marital status | marriage, matrimony, spousal relationship, union, 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 | extenuate, mitigate, palliate | convict | reconvict | condemn, doom, sentence | capacitate | recuse | file, register | docket | docket | verify | attest, bear witness, take the stand, testify | bear witness, evidence, prove, show, testify | plead | demur | counterclaim | give | stultify | convey | render, submit | prefer | probate | bail out | gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand | bind over | aggrieve | adjective, procedural | essential, substantive | 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 | appellant, appellate | residuary | reversionary | therefor | scienter | settlor, trustor ... show more.

derivation: judge, jurist, justice.