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legal system — ➔ system * * * legal system UK US noun [C] LAW ► the organizations and people in a country or area who work in the area of law: »The legal system is often seen as more concerned with the rights of criminals than those of their victims. »She… … Financial and business terms
legal system — legal .system n the laws and the way they work in a particular country ▪ the British legal system … Dictionary of contemporary English
legal system — legal ,system noun count the set of laws of a particular country and the way that they are used … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
legal system — noun a system for interpreting and enforcing the laws (Freq. 1) • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑system • Hyponyms: ↑bail, ↑jury system, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
legal system — Following the approval of the new constitution of 1978, the Spanish legal system, which under Franco was not only anachronistic but largely dependent on an all powerful executive, was modernized and brought more in line with that of other… … Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture
legal system — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms legal system : singular legal system plural legal systems the set of laws of a particular country and the way that they are used … English dictionary
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