law

simple noun117 collocationsAvg. frequency: 7.4

A system of law concerned with the punishment of those who commit crimes.

Relates to private relations between members of a community.

Laws concerning the system of taxation.

Law derived from custom and judicial precedent rather than statutes.

Laws concerning people entering a country to live there.

A law demanding that rules are obeyed.

Relates to the fundamental principles by which a state is governed.

Laws concerning the termination of pregnancy.

Written law passed by a legislative body.

Law established by the outcome of former cases.

Relates to the running of government departments.

A law that is severe and cruel.

A situation in which the laws of a country are being obeyed.

To punish someone in your own way without involving the police or the courts.

Illegal or not allowed by law.

As required by the law.

Exempt from the laws that apply to everyone else.

To do something illegal.

To formally approve a new law.

To break or act against something, especially a law.

To make a proposal into a law.

To work as a lawyer.

A place where legal cases are heard.

A place where legal cases are heard.

A school for training lawyers.

A company of lawyers.

The law formally forbids something.

The law officially or legally prohibits something.