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Legal system   /lˈigəl sˈɪstəm/   Listen
Legal system

noun
1.
A system for interpreting and enforcing the laws.





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... time worked on the problems of society, one from the practical standpoint, the other from the philosophic. One group of names includes the great statesmen and lawgivers, like Moses, who laid the foundations of the Hebrew nation and gave it the nucleus of a legal system; Solon and Lycurgus, traditional lawgivers of Athens and Sparta, and several of the earlier kings and later emperors of Rome. The other group is composed of men who thought much about human life and disseminated their opinions by writing and teaching. For the most part ...
— Society - Its Origin and Development • Henry Kalloch Rowe


Words linked to "Legal system" :   electoral system, jurisprudence, system, jury system, tax system, law, voting system, patent system, bail


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