a) the theory or philosophy of law
b) a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behaviour or for a chain of reasoning
c) body of unchanging moral principles regarded as a basis for all human conduct
d) the system of law concerned with private relations between members of a community rather than criminal, military, or religious affairs
e) international law
f) an expert in or writer on law
g) the system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties
h) a supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something, especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained
i) the object of a person’s ambition or effort; an aim or desired result
j) a course or principle of action adopted or proposed by an organization or individual
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