legge

Definitions of legge
  1. noun
    legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity
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    types:
    antimonopolio, antitrust
    law intended to promote free competition in the market place by outlawing monopolies
    costituzionale, costituzione, statuto
    law determining the fundamental political principles of a government
  2. noun
    the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
    synonyms: diritto, giure, giurisprudenza
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    type of:
    filosofia
    the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics
  3. noun
    the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
    synonyms: assioma, base, caposaldo, fondamento, fulcro, nocciolo, norma, principio
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    type of:
    assunzione, congettura, ipotesi, presunzione, supposizione
    a hypothesis that is taken for granted
  4. noun
    the collection of rules imposed by authority
    synonyms: giurisprudenza
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    types:
    precedente
    (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
    legiferazione, legislazione, normativa, ordinamento, ordinanza, prassi, regolamentazione, regolamento
    law enacted by a legislative body
    type of:
    aggregazione, assortimento, collezione, raccolta, scelta, varietà
    several things grouped together or considered as a whole
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