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Of or pertaining to 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.

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transfer

Law; Legal

To convey or cause to pass from one place, person, or thing to another.

defend

Law; Legal

To represent (a defendant) in a civil or criminal action; To attempt to disprove or invalidate (an action or claim).

retrial

Law; Legal

A second or new trial, especially of a case that has already been adjudicated upon.

impediment

Law; Legal

Something (a hindrance or obstruction) that obstructs or hampers the making or establishing of a legal contract.

prohibit

Law; Legal

To forbid or ban forcefully some kinds of act or instance by law or other authority.

liquidate

Law; Legal

To settle the affairs of (a business firm, for example) by determining the liabilities and applying the assets to their discharge.

authority

Law; Legal

Legal permission granted to a person to perform a specified act; a judicial decision, statute, or rule of law that establishes a principle.