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(law) A law student in the second year of law school.
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(US) A tax-exempt organization whose role is to influence the selection, nomination, election, appointment or defeat of candidates for federal, state or local public office.
n
(law) The accumulated legislation, legal acts, and court decisions which constitute the total body of European Union law.
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(law) Applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure.
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Of or pertaining to an adjudication.
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(law) All the laws that pertain to the administrative agencies of government.
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the act of arguing in favour of, or supporting someone or something
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A procedure of the UK government whereby secondary legislation requires approval from parliament before it passes into law. Contrasted with negative resolution.
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(constitutional law) The principle that supplies granted by a legislature are only to be expended in the manner specified by that legislature.
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A law or set of laws given to have constitutional powers and effect.
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(informal, chiefly US) Large-scale law firms and their work, specializing in multiple areas of legal practice.
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A draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law.
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(law) A formal statement of the rights of a specified group of people.
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(British parliament) Permission for an MP to be absent from a vote, granted by the whips when the absence is not likely to affect the outcome.
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(law) The basic standard elements for a particular field of law, which are generally known and free from doubt or dispute.
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(law) Alternative spelling of black-letter law [(law) The law as a set of specific concrete rules set down by longstanding precedents.]
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(law) The law as a set of specific concrete rules set down by longstanding precedents.
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(historical, law) Any of the highly restrictive and rigorously enforced laws governing morality and conduct in colonial New England.
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In law school, an award or recognition for receiving the highest grade in a class (traditionally an actual book, but recently more likely a letter or certificate acknowledging the achievement).
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(law) A legal principle usually expressed in Latin, traditionally used to concisely express a wider legal concept or rule.
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A law or rule governing the internal affairs of an organization (e.g., corporation or business).
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(obsolete) the local customs and laws of a settlement or district
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(uncommon) To stand as a candidate for an office, especially a religious one.
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Law developed by judges through court decisions and opinions, as distinct from statute and other legislation.
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(law) he; the one; the person in question
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(UK, law, obsolete) A written summary of matters to be inquired of or presented before justices in eyre, or justices of assize, or of the peace, in their sessions; articles.
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(law) A systematic collection of laws addressing dealings between private parties, such as business contracts and negligence lawsuits.
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(law) The body of law dealing with the private relations between members of a community; it contrasts with criminal law, military law and ecclesiastical law.
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(law) A procedure, in the European Union, that requires consensus to be reached between the Council and the Parliament for legislation to be adopted
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A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.
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The act of enforcing a set of rules, principles, or laws (especially written ones) and ensuring observance of a system of norms or customs.
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(law, UK, Ireland, Hong Kong) A title given to a collection of related acts (or other pieces of legislation) to facilitate citation.
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(law, Scots law, Roman-Dutch law) Law of general application throughout a country, province, or state as opposed to law having only a special or local application
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(law) One who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact
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(obsolete) An established law.
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(law) The supreme law of some countries, such as Australia, Ireland, and the United States.
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a high court whose jurisdiction is focused on constitutional law or constitutional issues, such as the review of the constitutionality of laws, draft laws, political and bureaucratic decisions, acts of political parties, etc.
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(law) The area of law which deals with the interpretation and application of a constitution, particularly that of a national government.
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having the power or authority to appoint someone to office
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The entire body of laws of a jurisdiction or of a particular court.
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(India, law) Civil Procedure Code
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(law) A document which compiles all, or a significant amount of, a particular jurisdiction's criminal law.
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The aspect of international law involving the principle of custom.
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(law) Synonym of secondary legislation
adj
Of or pertaining to delegation
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A compilation of statutes or decisions analytically arranged; a summary of laws.
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(European Union law) A form of legislative act addressed to the member states. The directive binds the member state to reach certain objectives in their national legislation.
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(UK politics) A formal motion submitted for debate in the House of Commons.
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(law) A piece of legislation that has been properly authorized by a legislative body.
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The common law legal system of England and Wales, supplemented in Wales by Welsh law.
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(law, England) The body of law which was developed in the English Court of Chancery, which Court had extra-statutory discretion, and is now administered alongside the common law of Britain.
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(humorous) A decision that is made without input from others.
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(law) The area of private law pertaining to family matters and domestic relations.
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(US, law) a cause of action brought in a court under the United States Constitution or a federal statute. A federal question gives rise to federal question jurisdiction
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In the UK and various other countries, the initial presentation or announcement of a bill (proposed legislation) to a parliament or legislature, or chamber thereof. In the UK, this takes place without debate and is followed by the publication of the bill for members to examine prior to the second reading.
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(US, law) A clause in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, stating "[Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion] or prohibiting the free exercise thereof".
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(metonymically, chiefly US) The legal system as a whole.
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(countable, law, US) An interpretation by a court of specific point within a statute or case law.
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(law) A legal statute, regulation, or judicial decision that is considered still valid and applicable.
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(Australia, India, New Zealand, UK) A provision in a bill before Parliament, that enables the Government to amend the text of the bill once it becomes an Act of Parliament or to repeal the Act using secondary legislation.
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(politics) An amendment which deletes the contents of a bill and inserts entirely new provisions.
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(international law) the law which regulates the conduct of armed conflict.
adj
Having power to judge; judicial.
adj
Of or relating to judgeship or the judiciary, the collective body of judges.
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The branch of government which is concerned with the administration of justice through the interpretation of the law.
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(law, uncountable) The doctrine, implemented in varying ways in differing jurisdictions, that authorities within the judicial branch of government may examine and make rulings on the legal validity of decisions and actions of the legislative and executive branches of government and, in some jurisdictions, of others within the judicial branch itself.
adj
(law) Of or pertaining to law.
adj
Pertaining to the law or rule of law, legal; judicial, related to the administration of justice (as to jurisprudence, or to the function of a judge or court).
adj
Alternative form of juridico-moral [Pertaining to moral laws.]
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(law) Someone who has studied law.
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One who studies jurisprudence.
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(law) Case law, or the body of case law regarding a certain subject.
n
One skilled in law or jurisprudence.
adj
(Scots law, South Africa) legal, juridical, pertaining to the law and jurisprudence
adj
Alternative form of juristic [(Scots law, South Africa) legal, juridical, pertaining to the law and jurisprudence]
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(politics) In parliamentary procedure, the situation where the chairman or speaker selects certain amendments for discussion and excludes others.
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(international law) The Kyoto Protocol.
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(US) Alternative spelling of labour law [(UK, Canada) the body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government.]
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(UK, Canada) the body of statute law that regulates the relationship between employer, employee, labour union and government.
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The body of such rules that pertain to a particular topic.
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The strict enforcement of law, statutes, and social conventions.
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(law) A day of open court.
n
A dictionary designed to give information about terms used in the world of law.
n
(law) A business formed by one or more lawyers to engage in the practice of law.
n
An annual publication containing all information regarding the administration of law and the legal profession.
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A natural law (any of a number of doctrines in moral, political and legal theory)
n
(law) A particular law or the complete set of laws currently in effect within a jurisdiction, especially with emphasis on the official and authoritative nature of such law.
n
Alternative form of Law of the Medes and Persians [A rule, law or custom which is unchangeable.]
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(law) The body of international law that concerns the principles and rules by which public entities, especially states, interact in maritime matters, including navigational rights, sea mineral rights, and coastal waters jurisdiction.
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(law) A scholarly journal focusing on legal issues, normally published by an organization of students at a law school or through a bar association.
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An academic institution at which post-graduate students are prepared for the practice of law.
adj
(of a person or persons) who studied law, who has a law degree
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A community's specific set of laws and legal practices.
n
A book in which laws are codified.
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(law) A body of law that is sanctioned by legislation.
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The art or skill of a lawyer; knowledge of the law.
v
(intransitive, rare) To pass or enact laws; to legislate.
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An alphanumeric code representing a general class of ballad.
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The practicing of law as a profession; being a lawyer.
adj
(law, formal) A courteous description used in various ways to refer to lawyers or judges.
n
(uncountable, informal) The legal department of a company.
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the law principle, which holds that the law must provide those subject to it with the ability to regulate their conduct
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(law) All the official laws of a country or state
n
(law) An aggregate of people, legal entity, or body corporate who have (some of) the legal rights and responsibilities of a natural person under the law.
n
The study of theories and philosophies related to law; jurisprudence.
n
(law) The process by which a governing body enforces the law and legal procedures.
n
(singular only) The strict interpretation of the law or rules.
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(law, plural only) A sealed legal document, once issued by a monarch or government, granting a right, title etc to a person or corporation.
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(law) The method of strictly interpreting a statute according to the meaning, established by convention, of the words used therein.
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(Canada, law) A doctrine of constitutional interpretation according to which the constitution must be read in a broad and progressive way so as to adapt it to the changing times.
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(law, Commonwealth, US, Philippines) The formal, official title of an act (or other piece of legislation); such titles are rarely (if ever) used in practice, and in some cases consist of hundreds of words.
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Alternative spelling of long arm statute [(law, US) In the law of civil procedure, a statute which establishes the activities by a potential defendant which will give the courts of a state personal jurisdiction over that defendant.]
n
(law) The principle, in international law, that sovereign states may act in any way they wish as long as they do not contravene an explicit prohibition.
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(law) A modified version of the charter of King John as granted by Henry III in 1236, confirmed as a statute by the Parliament of King Edward I in 1297, part of which remains in force in England and Wales.
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(law, historical) Alternative spelling of Magna Carta [(historical) A charter granted by King John to the barons at Runnymede in 1215, which is one of the bases of English constitutional tradition; a physical copy of this charter, or a later version.]
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A decision rule whereby the decisions of the numerical majority of a group will be binding on the whole group, its parts, and each member.
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(US politics) The process by which proposed legislation is debated and amended.
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(law) A matter involving a judicial inquiry into the applicable law.
n
A wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
n
(chiefly US) A nation-state that is subject to the rule of law.
adj
(law) That upholds or protects the law, especially its uniform interpretation
n
(Canada, law) Section 33 of Part I (Charter of Rights and Freedoms) of the Canadian Constitution Act (1982), which permits the creation of laws without regard for certain constitutional rights. Specifically, under section 33 the federal and provincial governments may enact laws "notwithstanding" section 2 (Fundamental Freedoms) and sections 7 through 15 (Legal and Equality Rights) of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Such laws may be in effect for up to five years and are renewable.
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A candidate for office, often specifically political office
n
(law) An application of a legal rule that automatically brings about a legal consequence.
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(US) A local law, passed by e.g. a city.
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(law) A law or system of laws which forms the foundation of a government, corporation or other organization's body of rules. A constitution is a particular form of organic law for a sovereign state.
n
(by extension, rare) Also in the plural form pandects: a comprehensive collection of laws; specifically, the whole body of law of a country; a legal code.
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(UK, politics) A constitutional convention (which acquired legal force in 2010) dictating that most international treaties had to be laid before Parliament 21 days before ratification.
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(law) Law explicitly made, as compared to natural law, prescribed by express enactment or institution.
n
(law) legislation enacted by an act of parliament; contrasted with secondary legislation, which is enacted by the executive branch under powers derived from primary legislation.
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(government, US) An item of legislation for the benefit of a particular individual, not codified with generally applicable laws.
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(UK politics) A topical question asked of the government by a member of the House of Lords, requiring an immediate response.
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(law) The law that comprises the rule by which a court hears and determines what happens in civil or criminal proceedings.
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a person authorized to act on behalf of another
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(international law) the law concerning the conduct of nations and international organisations.
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(law) A category of law governing the relationship between the state on the one hand and persons (citizens or legal persons including corporations) on the other. Constitutional law, administrative law and criminal law are some of the major subdivisions of public law.
n
(law) The set of policies (laws, plans, actions, behaviors) of a government; plans and methods of action that govern that society; a system of laws, courses of action, and priorities directing a government action.
n
(law) The scope of a statute.
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Alternative form of Question Period [(politics, government) In Canadian federal and provincial parliaments, a period of regularly scheduled time in the lower chamber during which members of the official opposition party and other members may direct questions to the prime minister and to cabinet ministers concerning affairs of state.]
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(politics) A time during a sitting of parliament wherein Members of Parliament ask questions of government ministers (including the Prime Minister) which they are obliged to answer.
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(UK politics) A negative response by a Member of Parliament to a proposed bill, providing reasons why it should be rejected rather than receiving a second or third reading.
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A law that is a large-scale attempt by a government to regulate business in the interest of society at large.
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(law, often in the plural) A type of law made by the executive branch of government, usually by virtue of a statute made by the legislative branch giving the executive the authority to do so.
n
(obsolete) A representative.
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(politics) The ability to elect a representative to speak on one's behalf in government; the role of this representative in government.
n
(law, Commonwealth) A stock short title used for legislation relating to the electoral system.
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(obsolete) representative
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(law) Any of several treatises published by the American Law Institute in which a group of legal scholars within a field of law set forth the principles of that field of law based on legal precedents.
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A computer system that dispenses legal advice.
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(government) The method by which a constitutional monarch formally approves and promulgates an act of his or her nation's parliament, thus making it a law.
n
(law) An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit.
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(law) The doctrine that no individual is above the law and that everyone must answer to it.
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(law) A common law rule according to which an ambiguous criminal law should be interpreted in the way most favorable to the defendant.
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(law) The absence of rule of law in which one person, or a group of persons, rules arbitrarily.
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(law) A notion of what should "count" as law.
n
(law) The process of creating regulations.
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(law) legislation or other binding provisions
n
(US, politics) A solution to violations of a clause in the United States Constitution that prevents sitting members of Congress being appointed to jobs created for them or for which the salary was increased while they were in office.
n
In the UK and various other countries, the second presentation of a bill (proposed legislation) to a parliament or legislature, or chamber thereof, subsequent to the initial announcement of the bill at first reading. It is the first opportunity for debate on the main principles of the bill, and in the UK precedes the committee stage, where the bill is scrutinised in more detail.
n
(law) The published set of all laws passed during a specific legislative session, including those that will not be incorporated into the statutes of the jurisdiction.
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(law, Commonwealth, US, Philippines) A title given to an act (or other piece of legislation) to facilitate citation; generally used as the common name for that legislation.
n
The interpretation of the law towards the end of providing justice, even if this interpretation does not fall within the law as written.
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Written law, as laid down by the legislature.
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(informal, law) All the statutes and laws of a given jurisdiction, whether or not listed in an actual book.
n
(law, uncountable) The completecorpus of laws enacted by legislation and currently in effect within a jurisdiction, as opposed to regulations or case law.
n
Published collections or series of legislative acts, in certain jurisdictions.
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(US, law) Legislation authorizing the existence and activity of a government agency.
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(law) A legal document that is affirmed rather than being sworn under oath.
n
(UK, Canada, Australia, law) In some common law jurisdictions, a form of delegated legislation enacted under a power derived from an act of parliament.
n
(law, uncountable) The complete corpus of laws enacted by legislation and currently in effect within a jurisdiction.
n
(law) Synonym of secondary legislation
n
(law, Hong Kong, Singapore) Synonym of secondary legislation
n
(law) The statutory or written law that governs rights and obligations of those who are subject to it.
n
(US, government, law) A public agenda on which an item for decision has been placed for which the decision-making body will not entertain commentary, discussion or influence during a certain defined time-frame prior to the decision, in order to give the body "a period of repose" in which to make decisions.
n
A law that allows the general public greater knowledge of the actions of a government.
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The place where legal provisions stand as relevant for their interpretation.
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A law student in his or her second year of law school.
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An authoritative proclamation; an edict, especially decreed by a Russian czar or (later) emperor.
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Alternative form of ukase [An authoritative proclamation; an edict, especially decreed by a Russian czar or (later) emperor.]
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(international law) The International Institute for the Unification of Private Law.
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(US, military) The code of military law written for the use of the United States Armed Forces.
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(law) A compilation of the statutes of the United States federal government, with sections arranged by topic rather than by date of enactment, and with superseded and expired sections removed.
n
An online legal research service most commonly used to search and retrieve United States case law, but also providing comprehensive access to statutes, regulations, and secondary sources discussing the law.
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