(law) The process by which a governing body enforces the law and legal procedures.

plural of legal system

A particular state of the rights in consequence of a defined state or course of things. / The having any influence on the legal state of things, the being legally in force.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see legal, consequence. / A particular state of the rights in consequence of a defined state or course of things.

plural of legal consequence

plural of legal effect

(law) A perspective under which criminal law and law enforcement are seen as unresponsive or indifferent to public safety, and instead serve primarily to exclude disfavored communities from society.

plural of legal notice

(Hong Kong, law) In some common law jurisdictions, a form of delegated legislation enacted under a power derived from an enactment. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see legal, notice.

plural of legal positivism