adjective

intended to prevent companies from controlling prices and reducing competition

adjective

relating to private legal disagreements between people, not criminal law

adjective

according to common law

adjective

relating to parts of the legal system that deal with crime

adverb

according to criminal law

adjective

when a law or agreement becomes effective, it officially begins to be used

adjective

used about laws that allow a government to introduce other laws at a later date

adjective

not within the usual powers of the law

adjective

extraterritorial rights allow you to obey your own country’s laws rather than the laws of the country where you are living

adjective

relating to lawyers or law courts

adjective

not legally effective

adjective

relating to the judges and courts that are responsible for justice in a country or state

adjective

done by a judge or court

adjective

relating to the work of a judge

adjective

relating to young people who have committed a crime or who are accused of committing a crime

adjective

no longer legally effective

adjective

officially accepted by the government or another authority

adjective

responsible for making laws

adjective

relating to the activity of making laws

adjective

relating to the law or lawyers

adjective

relating to laws or to the process of creating new laws

adjective

used for talking about groups of people who have the power to create new laws

adjective

legally responsible for causing damage or injury, so that you have to pay something or be punished

adjective

relating to a magistrate

adjective

ordered by a law or rule

adjective

an out-of court settlement is an agreement between the people involved in a legal argument that an amount of money will be paid without the case being decided officially in a law court

adjective

decided by a law or a rule

adjective

a retroactive law or decision affects things that have happened since a particular date in the past, before the law was introduced or before the decision was made

adjective

a retrospective law or decision affects things that have happened since a particular date in the past, before the law was introduced or before the decision was made

adjective

controlled by a law or statute

adjective, adverb, preposition

if a proposal goes through a parliament, it is accepted by it and becomes law

adjective

if a court case is undefended, no one argues against it

adjective

used about something that has not been proved in a court of law

adjective

legally accepted

adjective

no longer legal or effective

adverb

adverb

adverb

adverb

adverb

adverb

if a law or rule is in force, it is being applied and people must obey it

in a court of law where the public and journalists are allowed to be present

official documents that are in order are complete, correct, and legal

with no legal effect

a law that is on the books is part of the legal system of a country, city etc