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  1. law
    the collection of rules imposed by authority
  2. government
    the system or form by which a community is ruled
  3. statutory law
    the body of laws created by legislative statutes
  4. common law
    a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
  5. body
    an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass
  6. jurisprudence
    the branch of philosophy concerned with the law
  7. philosophy
    the rational investigation of existence and knowledge
  8. eloquently
    with eloquence
  9. disobey
    refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient
  10. boisterous
    marked by exuberance and high spirits
  11. bribery
    the practice of offering something for an illegal advantage
  12. racketeering
    engagement in an illegal enterprise carried on for profit
  13. penal code
    the legal code governing crimes and their punishment
  14. incarcerate
    lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
  15. arbitrary
    based on or subject to individual discretion or preference
  16. punishment
    the act of imposing a penalty
  17. mandate
    a formal statement of a command to do something
  18. support
    the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening
  19. enforce
    compel to behave in a certain way
  20. moral
    concerned with principles of right and wrong
  21. regulate
    bring into conformity with rules, principles, or usage
  22. tort
    a wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought
  23. criminal law
    the body of law dealing with offenses and their punishment
  24. civil law
    the legal code of ancient Rome
  25. administrative law
    the body of rules and regulations and orders and decisions created by administrative agencies of government
  26. case law
    a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
  27. procedural
    of or relating to processes
  28. rape
    the crime of forcing someone to submit to sexual intercourse
  29. robbery
    larceny by threat of violence
  30. precedent
    an example that is used to justify similar occurrences
  31. avid
    marked by active interest and enthusiasm
  32. perpetrator
    someone who commits wrongdoing
  33. deliberation
    careful consideration
  34. misdemeanor
    a crime less serious than a felony
  35. felony
    a serious crime, such as murder or arson
  36. offense
    a failure to show regard for others
  37. scheme
    an elaborate and systematic plan of action
  38. burglary
    entering a building unlawfully intending to commit a felony
  39. espionage
    the systematic use of spies to obtain secrets
  40. treason
    a crime that undermines the offender's government
  41. infraction
    a violation of a law or rule
  42. actus reus
    activity that transgresses moral or civil law
  43. monarch
    a nation's ruler usually by hereditary right
  44. conspiracy
    a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act
  45. behavior
    the way a person acts toward other people
  46. concurrence
    the property of two things happening at the same time
  47. liability
    the state of being legally obliged and responsible
  48. lewd
    suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
  49. harm
    any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
  50. motive
    the reason that arouses action toward a desired goal
  51. secular
    someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
  52. legal
    established by or founded upon law or official rules
  53. entity
    that which is perceived to have its own distinct existence
  54. damage
    the occurrence of a change for the worse
  55. death
    the permanent end of all life functions in an organism
  56. assault
    attack someone physically or emotionally
  57. intended
    resulting from one's intentions
  58. systematic
    characterized by order and planning
Created on Tue Jul 06 20:55:17 EDT 2010

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