law
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Synonyms for law
constitution
the police
Synonyms
- the police
- constabulary
- the police force
- law enforcement agency
- the boys in blue
- the fuzz
- the Old Bill
statute
rule
the legal profession
Synonyms
- the legal profession
- the bar
- barristers
lay down the law
Synonyms
- be dogmatic
- call the shots
- pontificate
- rule the roost
- crack the whip
- boss around
- dogmatize
- order about or around
Synonyms for law
a principle governing affairs within or among political units
the formal product of a legislative or judicial body
a member of a law-enforcement agency
a broad and basic rule or truth
Synonyms for law
the collection of rules imposed by authority
Synonyms
Related Words
- impounding
- impoundment
- internment
- poundage
- award
- awarding
- appointment
- remit
- remitment
- remission
- novation
- subrogation
- disbarment
- chance-medley
- derogation
- recission
- rescission
- abatement of a nuisance
- nuisance abatement
- production
- practice of law
- law
- law practice
- civil wrong
- tort
- juvenile delinquency
- 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
- alienation
- lawmaking
- legislating
- legislation
- trust busting
- enactment
- passage
- law enforcement
- legal duty
- false imprisonment
- imprisonment
- re-sentencing
- commutation
- contempt
- contempt of Congress
- contempt of court
- civil contempt
- contumacy
- criminal contempt
- obstruction of justice
- due process
- due process of law
- action at law
- legal action
- action
- causa
- lawsuit
- suit
- case
- cause
- civil suit
- class action
- class-action suit
- 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
- judicial decision
- judgment
- judgement
- 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
- ruling
- opinion
- 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
- legal ouster
- eviction
- ouster
- actual eviction
- constructive eviction
- retaliatory eviction
- legalisation
- legalization
- legitimation
- trial
- Scopes trial
- review
- judicial review
- plea
- double jeopardy
- criminal prosecution
- prosecution
- test case
- test suit
- demurrer
- denial
- defence
- defense
- entrapment
- mistrial
- retrial
- hearing
- administrative hearing
- competence hearing
- fair hearing
- quo warranto
- divorce
- divorcement
- legal separation
- separation
- condemnation
- drug war
- invalidation
- annulment
- dissolution of marriage
- free pardon
- pardon
- amnesty
- spoliation
- permissive waste
- waste
- parole
- probation
- reprieve
- respite
- bar
- bench
- courtroom
- court
- 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
- rationale
- principle
- 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
- preemption
- pre-emption
- relation back
- relation
- DBA
- Doing Business As
- fictitious name
- assumed name
- rundown
- summation
- 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
- 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 of the United States
- U.S. Constitution
- United States Constitution
- US Constitution
- public law
- 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
- fiat
- edict
- rescript
- order
- consent decree
- curfew
- decree nisi
- divestiture
- judicial 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
- lettre de cachet
- cachet
- license
- permit
- licence
- letters patent
- patent
- legal opinion
- concurring opinion
- dissenting opinion
- majority opinion
- acquittance
- release
- judicial writ
- writ
- assize
- certiorari
- writ of certiorari
- writ of execution
- execution
- execution of instrument
- 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
- process of monition
- monition
- ticket
- bill of Particulars
- pleading
- affirmative pleading
- alternative pleading
- pleading in the alternative
- answer
- evasive answer
- counterplea
- dilatory plea
- libel
- defective pleading
- 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
- secret approval
- tacit consent
- connivance
- 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
- deposition
- cross-examination
- direct examination
- redirect examination
- reexamination
- disclaimer
- demur
- demurral
- dissent
- discovery
- judicial admission
- stipulation
- allegation
- subornation of perjury
- aggregation
- collection
- accumulation
- assemblage
- combination in restraint of trade
- law firm
- Conservative Judaism
- legal community
- legal profession
- Department of Justice
- DoJ
- Justice Department
- Justice
- 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
- traffic court
- trial court
- judicial branch
- venire
- panel
- grand jury
- hung jury
- petit jury
- petty jury
- blue ribbon jury
- special jury
- administrative law
- canon law
- ecclesiastical law
- civil law
- case law
- common law
- precedent
- international law
- law of nations
- admiralty law
- marine law
- maritime law
- 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
- domicile
- legal residence
- defendant
- suspect
- counsel
- counselor-at-law
- pleader
- advocate
- counsellor
- counselor
- 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
- estate for life
- life estate
- grant
- inheritance
- heritage
- accretion
- bequest
- legacy
- devise
- jointure
- legal jointure
- heirloom
- stake
- interest
- 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
- wedlock
- union
- 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
- take exception
- challenge
- get off
- extenuate
- mitigate
- palliate
- convict
- reconvict
- sentence
- doom
- condemn
- capacitate
- file
- register
- verify
- take the stand
- testify
- bear witness
- attest
- show
- give
- stultify
- convey
- render
- submit
- prefer
- bail out
- gaol
- immure
- imprison
- incarcerate
- jail
- jug
- put behind bars
- remand
- lag
- put away
- bind over
- aggrieve
- adjective
- procedural
- substantive
- essential
- alienable
- undue
- incompetent
- unqualified
- intra vires
- ultra vires
- major
- nonaged
- underage
- minor
- testate
- intestate
- evidentiary
- appellant
- appellate
- residuary
- reversionary
- therefor
- scienter
- settlor
- trustor
legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity
Related Words
- legal document
- legal instrument
- official document
- instrument
- 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
- public law
- blue law
- blue sky law
- gag law
- homestead law
- poor law
- Riot Act
- prohibition
- law
- jurisprudence
a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
Synonyms
a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
Synonyms
Related Words
- concept
- conception
- construct
- all-or-none law
- principle
- rule
- Archimedes' principle
- law of Archimedes
- Avogadro's hypothesis
- Avogadro's law
- 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 of partial pressures
- law of partial pressures
- Dalton's law
- distribution law
- equilibrium law
- law of chemical equilibrium
- Fechner's law
- Weber-Fechner law
- Fermi-Dirac statistics
- Charles's law
- Gay-Lussac's law
- law of volumes
- Henry's law
- Hooke's law
- Hubble law
- Hubble's 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
- law of mass action
- law of thermodynamics
- Mendel's law
- law of motion
- Newton's law
- Newton's law of motion
- Ohm's law
- Pascal's law
- Pascal's law of fluid pressures
- exclusion principle
- Pauli exclusion principle
- Mendeleev's law
- periodic law
- Planck's law
- Planck's radiation law
- theory
- principle of relativity
- power law
- Stevens' law
- Stevens' power law
- Weber's law