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the profession of an advocate
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(historical) An audiencia (judicial court of the Spanish empire), or the territory administered by it.
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An organization of lawyers which regulates their ability to practice law in a jurisdiction, and/or serves the interests of lawyers in that jurisdiction.
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In the United States, a court of equity; equity; proceeding in equity.
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(law) The jurisdiction of certain judges within a state or country, whether itinerant or not.
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(law) A temporary job of assisting a judge in writing legal opinions, generally available to a beginning attorney for one to two years.
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A person knowledgeable about common law.
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(UK, except Scotland) A civil court which deals with civil cases, such as divorce.
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Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.
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(archaic) A court empowered to provide only equitable relief, but not to make rulings on questions of law, nor to award monetary damages.
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The supreme civil court of Scotland, constituting part of the College of Justice. It sits in Parliament House in Edinburgh and is both a trial court and a court of appeal.
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A judge on the Isle of Man.
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(US) The right of the president of the United States and other members of the executive branch to maintain confidential communications and to resist certain subpoenas and other oversight.
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(law, India, dated in England & Wales) A tribunal with jurisdiction to hear labour disputes.
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(chiefly in the plural) Any of the four professional associations for barristers in England and Wales, which have supervisory and disciplinary functions over their members, and provide facilities such as libraries and accommodation.
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A judicial body of the United Nations, established in 1945 to decide disputes brought by nations.
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(historical, biblical) A shophet, a temporary leader appointed in times of crisis in ancient Israel.
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The administration of justice by judges and courts; judicial process.
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(Ireland, historical) specified by a civil bill court under the terms of the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1881
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The collective body of judges, justices, etc.
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(now historical) Judicial astrology.
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(historical, in French contexts) A member of any association sworn to do nothing against its internal rules.
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(civil law) A master of civil law. Abbreviation: J.C.
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(law) An expert of law or someone who researches jurisprudence.
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(international law) the law that governs the way in which warfare is conducted.
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A title given to judges of certain courts; capitalized when placed before a name.
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(derogatory) The kind of justice sometimes administered by the unpaid and amateur magistracy of England.
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Of or relating to a circuit court held by one of the judges of the High Court of Justiciary.
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The superior court in a number of jurisdictions in some parts of the Commonwealth.
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(historical) A body of commercial law.
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(slang, archaic) A lawyer, or clerk articled to that profession.
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An ordered sequence of named people who would succeed to a particular office upon the death, resignation or removal of the current occupant; constructed using the rules of an established order of succession.
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A similar court of law in various other countries and jurisdictions.
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A law student in his or her first year of law school.
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(UK, law) The legal profession as practised by junior barristers.
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(informal) on behalf of (someone who does not sign themselves)
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The instrument by which a person is empowered to transact the affairs of another; a proxy.
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A judge in a municipal court.
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(UK, law) A high court judge.
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A legislative bill or act that transfers powers of appointment from the usual holders to a chief executive or a board of officials.
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(historical) The assembly of seventy-one judges sitting in Jerusalem.
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A status of having a permanent post with enhanced job security within an academic institution.
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(UK, law, obsolete) A certificate given to one who prosecutes a felon to conviction, exempting them from certain parish and ward offices.
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(South Asia) A lawyer or advocate mainly a representative in the court of law and a vakil can be a representative, especially of a political figure; an official or ambassador.
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International Court of Justice
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