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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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arbitration

Law; General law

The alternative process of solving disputes, in which the disputing parties agree to abide by the decision of an arbitrator (a private and impartial person, who is chosen by the ...

argument

Law; General law

A reason advanced to prove a point or to rebut it.

arraignment

Law; General law

To call a defendant before a court to answer to an indictment

arrest

Law; General law

To detain a person with lawful authority, especially those who are suspected to have committed a crime. The term is also used to denote a seizure of personal property by legal ...

arrest of judgment

Law; General law

The court withholds the pronouncement of the judgment, upon the application of a party to the dispute who claims to prove a material error in the records or trial, which can make ...

arson

Law; General law

The willful burning of the house or other structures belonging to others without any legal authority is called arson. Burning of wild land areas without any lawful authority also ...

articles

Law; General law

Agreements are usually divided into separate paragraphs and each paragraph is referred to as an article. The same term applies to the separate sections of the Constitution.