the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system; "he studied law at Yale"
a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature; "the laws of thermodynamics"
legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity; "there is a law against kidnapping"
the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities); "no transactions are possible without him"; "he has always been honest is his dealings with me"
a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color; "they buried him in his best suit"
playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color; "a flush is five cards in the same suit"; "in bridge you must follow suit"; "what suit is trumps?"
a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank
a businessman dressed in a business suit; "all the suits care about is the bottom line"
be agreeable or acceptable to; "This suits my needs"
a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east; "take a right at the corner"
anything in accord with principles of justice; "he feels he is in the right"; "the rightfulness of his claim"
an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away"
the hand that is on the right side of the body; "he writes with his right hand but pitches with his left"; "hit him with quick rights to the body"
those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged
location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east; "he stood on the right"
(frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing; "mineral rights"; "film rights"
correct in opinion or judgment; "time proved him right"
having the axis perpendicular to the base; "a right angle"
of or belonging to the political or intellectual right
being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north; "my right hand"; "right center field"; "a right-hand turn"; "the right bank of a river is the bank on your right side when you are facing downstream"
in conformance with justice or law or morality; "do the right thing and confess"
in or into a satisfactory condition; "things are right again now"; "put things right"
exactly; "he fell flop on his face"
immediately; "she called right after dinner"
an interjection expressing agreement
precisely, exactly; "stand right here!"
completely; "she felt right at home"; "he fell right into the trap"
toward or on the right; also used figuratively; "he looked right and left"; "the party has moved right"
regain an upright or proper position; "The capsized boat righted again"
put in or restore to an upright position; "They righted the sailboat that had capsized"
make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
a medieval form of land tenure in England; a copyhold was a parcel of land granted to a peasant by the lord of the manor in return for agricultural services