Classes Sentient and Moral Powers Moral Affections Moral Institutions
Moral Institutions
Nouns
legality
legitimacy, legitimateness. legislature
law, code, constitution, pandect, charter, enactment, statute, rule
canon etc. (precept) Precept
ordinance, institution, regulation
bylaw, byelaw
decree etc. (order) Command
ordonnance
standing order
plebiscite etc. (choice) Choice . legal process
form, formula, formality
rite, arm of the law
habeas corpus
nomology
legislation, codification. equity, common law
law of nations, international law
civil law, canon law, crown law, criminal law, statute law, ecclesiastical law, administrative law
constitutionality
justice etc. Right . [institution for deciding questions of law] court, tribunal etc. Tribunal . [person who presides at a court or tribunal] judge etc. Judge . [specialist in questions of law] lawyer, attorney, legal counsel etc. Lawyer .
Verbs
legalize
enact, ordain
decree etc. (order) Command
pass a law, enact a regulation
legislate
codify, formulate
regulate.
Adjectives
legal, legitimate
according to law
vested, constitutional, chartered, legalized
lawful etc. (permitted) Permission
statutable, statutory
legislatorial, legislative
regulatory, regulated.
Adverbs
legally etc. adj.
in the eye of the law
Phrases
ignorance of the law is no excuse
where law ends tyranny begins" [Earl of Chatham] .
Nouns
lawlessness
illicitness
breach of law, violation of law, infraction of the law
disobedience etc. Disobedience
unconformity etc. Unconformity . arbitrariness etc. adj.
antinomy, violence, brute force, despotism, outlawry. mob law, lynch law, club law, Lydford law, martial law, drumhead law
informality, unlawfulness, illegitimacy, bar sinister. trover and conversion [Law]
smuggling, poaching
simony. [person who violates the law] outlaw, bad man etc. Bad Man . v.. offend against the law
violate the law, infringe the law, break the law
set the law at defiance, ride roughshod over, drive a coach and six through a statute
ignore the law, make the law a dead letter, take the law into one's own hands. smuggle, run, poach.
Adjectives
illegal [contrary to law] , unlawful, illegitimate
not allowed, prohibited etc. Prohibition
illicit, contraband
actionable. unwarranted, unwarrantable
unauthorized
informal, unofficial
injudicial, extrajudicial. lawless, arbitrary
despotic, despotical
corrupt, summary, irresponsible
unanswerable, unaccountable. [of invalid or expired law] expired, invalid
unchartered, unconstitutional
null and void
a dead letter. [in absence of law] lawless, unregulated
Adverbs
illegally etc. adj.
with a high hand, in violation of law.
Nouns
jurisdiction, judicature, administration of justice, soc
executive, commission of the peace
magistracy etc. (authority) Authority . judge etc. Judge
tribunal etc. Tribunal
municipality, corporation, bailiwick, shrievalty [Brit.]
lord lieutenant, sheriff, shire reeve, shrieve, constable
selectman
police, police force, the fuzz [Sarc.]
constabulary, bumbledom, bailiff, tipstaff, bum-bailiff, catchpoll, beadle
policeman, cop [Coll.] , police constable, police sergeant
sbirro, alguazil, gendarme, kavass, lictor, mace bearer, bedel
tithingman. press gang
exciseman, gauger, gager, customhouse officer, edile, aedile, portreeve, paritor
cutcherry, department, secretariat. [extension of jurisdiction] long arm of the law, extradition.
Verbs
judge, sit in judgment
extradite.
Adjectives
executive, administrative, municipal
inquisitorial, causidical
judicatory, judiciary, judicial
juridical.
Nouns
tribunal, court, board, bench, judicatory
court of justice, court of law, court of arbitration, administrative court
inquisition
guild. justice seat
judgment seat, mercy seat
woolsack
bar of justice
dock
forum, hustings, bureau, drumhead
jury box, witness box. senate house, town hall, theater
House of Commons, House of Lords
statehouse [U.S.] , townhouse. assize, eyre
wardmote, burghmote
barmote
superior courts of Westminster
court of record, court oyer and terminer [Law] , court assize, court of appeal, court of error
High court of Judicature, High court of Appeal
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Star Chamber
Court of Chancery, Court of King's or Queen's Bench, Court of Exchequer, Court of Common Pleas, Court of Probate, Court of Arches, Court of Admiralty
Lords Justices' court, Rolls court, Vice Chancellor's court, Stannary court, Divorce court, Family court, Palatine court, county court, district court, police court
sessions
quarter sessions, petty sessions
court-baron, court of common council
board of green cloth. court martial
drumhead court martial
durbar, divan
Areopagus
Irota.
Nouns
judge
justice, justiciar, justiciary
chancellor
justice of assize, judge of assize
recorder, common sergeant
puisne judge, assistant judge, county court judge
conservator of the peace, justice of the peace
J.P.
court etc. (tribunal) Tribunal
magistrate, police magistrate, beak [Slang]
his worship, his honor, his lordship. jury, twelve men in a box. Lord Chancellor, Lord Justice
Master of the Rolls, Vice Chancellor
Lord Chief Justice, Chief Baron
Mr. Justice, Associate Justice, Chief Justice
Baron, assessor
arbiter, arbitrator
umpire
referee, referendary
revising barrister
domesman
censor etc. (critic) Judgment [Conclusion.]
barmaster, ephor
grand juror, grand juryman
juryman, talesman. archon, tribune, praetor, syndic, podesta, mollah, ulema, mufti, cadi, kadi
Rhadamanthus. litigant etc. (accusation) Accusation .
Phrases
a Daniel come to judgment" [Merchant of Venice] .
Nouns
lawyer, attorney, legal counsel
counsel, counsellor, counsellor at law, attorney at law
jurist, legist, civilian, pundit, publicist, legal adviser, advocate
barrister, barrister at law
King's or Queen's counsel
K.C.
Q.C.
silk gown, leader, sergeant-at-law, bencher
tubman, judge etc. Judge . bar, legal profession, bar association, association of trial lawyers
officer of the court
gentleman of the long robe
junior bar, outer bar, inner bar
equity draftsman, conveyancer, pleader, special pleader. solicitor, proctor
notary, notary public
scrivener, cursitor
writer, writer to the signet
S.S.C.
limb of the law
pettifogger
vakil. legal beagle [Coll.] . [persons accessory to lawyers] legal secretary
legal assistant
law student.
Verbs
practice law, practice at the bar, practice within the bar
plead
call to the bar, be called to the bar, be called within the bar
take silk
take to the law. give legal counsel, provide legal counsel.
Adjectives
learned in the law
at the bar
forensic
esquire, esquired.
Nouns
lawsuit, suit, action, cause
litigation
suit in law
dispute etc. Discord . citation, arraignment, prosecution, impeachment
accusation etc. Accusation
presentment, true bill, indictment. apprehension, arrest
committal
imprisonment etc. (restraint) Restraint . writ, summons, subpoena, latitat
venire
declaration, bill, claim
bill of right, information, corpus delicti
affidavit, state of facts
answer, reply, replication, plea, demurrer, rebutter, rejoinder
surrebutter, surrejoinder. suitor, party to a suit
plaintiff, defendant, litigant etc. Accusation . hearing, trial
verdict etc. (judgment) Judgment [Conclusion.]
appeal, appeal motion
writ of error
decision, precedent
decided case, reports (legal reference works, see reference books) ..
Verbs
go to law, appeal to the law
bring to justice, bring to trial, bring to the bar
put on trial, pull up
accuse etc. Accusation
prefer a claim, file a claim etc. n.
take the law of, inform against. serve with a writ, cite, apprehend, arraign, sue, prosecute, bring an action against, indict, impeach, attach, distrain, commit
arrest
summon, summons
give in charge etc. (restrain) Restraint . empanel a jury, implead, join issue
close the pleadings
set down for hearing. try, hear a cause
sit in judgment
adjudicate etc. Judgment [Conclusion.] .
Adjectives
litigious etc. (quarrelsome) Discord
qui tam
Nouns
acquittal, acquitment
clearance, exculpation
acquittance, clearance, exoneration
discharge etc. (release) Liberation
quietus, absolution, compurgation, reprieve, respite
pardon etc. (forgiveness) Forgiveness . [Exemption from punishment] impunity
diplomatic immunity
immunity
plea bargain, deal with the prosecutor. [in civil suits] no cause for action
no damages.
Verbs
acquit, exculpate, exonerate, clear
absolve, whitewash, assoil
discharge, release
liberate etc. Liberation . reprieve, respite
pardon etc. (forgive) Forgiveness
let off, let off scot-free. drop the charges. plea bargain, strike a deal. no-cause (in civil suits)
get no-caused
Adjectives
acquitted etc. v.
uncondemned, unpunished, unchastised. not guilty
not proven. not liable.
Nouns
condemnation, conviction, judgment, penalty, sentence
proscription, damnation
death warrant. attainder, attainture, attaintment.
Verbs
condemn, convict, cast, bring home to, find guilty, damn, doom, sign the death warrant, sentence, pass sentence on, attaint, confiscate, proscribe, sequestrate
nonsuit. disapprove etc. Disapprobation
accuse etc. Accusation . stand condemned.
Adjectives
condemnatory, damnatory
guilty, condemned etc. v.
nonsuited etc. (failure) Failure
self-convicted.
Phrases
unrespited, unpitied, unreprieved" [Paradise Lost] .
Nouns
punishment, punition
chastisement, chastening
correction, castigation. discipline, infliction, trial
judgment
penalty etc. Penalty
retribution
thunderbolt, Nemesis
requital etc. (reward) Reward
penology
retributive justice. lash, scaffold etc. (instrument of punishment) [Instrument of punishment.] Scourge
imprisonment etc. (restraint) Restraint
transportation, banishment, expulsion, exile, involuntary exile, ostracism
penal servitude, hard labor
galleys etc. [Instrument of punishment.] Scourge
beating etc. v.
flagellation, fustigation, gantlet, strappado, estrapade, bastinado, stick law, rap on the knuckles, box on the ear
blow etc. (impulse) Impulse
stripe, cuff, kick, buffet, pummel
slap, slap in the face
wipe, douse
coup de grace
torture, rack
picket, picketing
dragonnade. capital punishment
execution
lethal injection
the gas chamber
hanging etc. v.
electrocution, rail-riding, scarpines
decapitation, decollation
garrotte
crucifixion, impalement
firing squad
martyrdom
noyade
happy dispatch. [suicide as punishment] hara-kiri
drinking the hemlock.
Verbs
punish
chastise, chasten
castigate, correct, inflict punishment, administer correction, deal retributive justice
cowhide, lambaste [Slang] . visit upon, pay
pay out, serve out
do for
make short work of, give a lesson to, serve one right, make an example of
have a rod in pickle for
give it one. strike etc. Impulse
deal a blow to, administer the lash, smite
slap, slap the face
smack, cuff, box the ears, spank, thwack, thump, beat, lay on, swinge, buffet
thresh, thrash, pummel, drub, leather, trounce, sandbag, baste, belabor
lace, lace one's jacket
dress, dress down, give a dressing, trim, warm, wipe, tund, cob, bang, strap, comb, lash, lick, larrup, wallop, whop, flog, scourge, whip, birch, cane, give the stick, switch, flagellate, horsewhip, bastinado, towel, rub down with an oaken towel, rib roast, dust one's jacket, fustigate, pitch into, lay about one, beat black and blue
beat to a mummy, beat to a jelly
give a black eye. tar and feather
pelt, stone, lapidate
masthead, keelhaul. execute
bring to the block, bring to the gallows
behead, decapitate, guillotine
decollate
hang, turn off, gibbet, bowstring, hang draw and quarter
shoot
decimate
burn
break on the wheel, crucify
empale, impale
flay
lynch
electrocute
gas, send to the gas chamber. torture
put on, put to the rack
picket. banish, exile, transport, expel, ostracize
rusticate
drum out
dismiss, disbar, disbench
strike off the roll, unfrock
post. suffer, suffer for, suffer punishment
be flogged. be executed, suffer the ultimate penalty
be hanged etc.
come to the gallows, mount the gallows, swing [Coll.] , twist in the wind, dance upon nothing, die in one's shoes
be rightly served
be electrocuted, fry [Coll.] , ride the lightning [Coll.]
face the firing squad.
Adjectives
punishing etc. v.
penal
punitory, punitive
inflictive, castigatory
punished etc. v..
Phrases
eating the bitter bread of banishment" [Richard II]
Nouns
reward, recompense, remuneration, meed, guerdon, reguerdon
price. [payment for damage or debt] indemnity, indemnification
quittance
compensation
reparation, redress, satisfaction
reckoning, acknowledgment, requital, amends, sop
atonement, retribution
consideration, return, quid pro quo. salvage, perquisite
bribe
hush money, smart money
blackmail, extortion
carcelage
solatium. allowance, salary, stipend, wages, compensation
pay, payment
emolument
tribute
batta, shot, scot
bonus, premium, tip
fee, honorarium
hire
dasturi, dustoori
mileage. crown etc. (decoration of honor) Title .
Verbs
reward, recompense, repay, requite
remunerate, munerate
compensate
fee
pay one's footing etc. (pay) Payment
make amends, indemnify, atone
satisfy, acknowledge. get for one's pains, reap the fruits of. tip.
Adjectives
remunerative, remuneratory
munerary, compensatory, retributive, reparatory
rewarding
satisfactory.
Nouns
penalty
retribution etc. (punishment) Punishment
pain, pains and penalties
weregild, wergild
penance etc. (atonement) Atonement
the devil to pay. fine, mulct, amercement
forfeit, forfeiture
escheat [Law] , damages, deodand, sequestration, confiscation
doomage [U.S.] .
Verbs
fine, mulct, amerce, sconce, confiscate
sequestrate, sequester
escheat [Law]
estreat, forfeit.
Nouns
scourge, rod, cane, stick
ratan, rattan
birch, birch rod
azote, blacksnake, bullwhack [U.S.] , chicote, kurbash, quirt, rawhide, sjambok
rod in pickle
switch, ferule, cudgel, truncheon. whip, bullwhip, lash, strap, thong, cowhide, knout
cat, cat o'nine tails
rope's end. pillory, stocks, whipping post
cucking stool, ducking stool
brank
trebuchet, trebuket. [instruments of torture: list] , triangle, wooden horse, iron maiden, thumbscrew, boot, rack, wheel, iron heel
chinese water torture. treadmill, crank, galleys. scaffold
block, ax, guillotine
stake
cross
gallows, gibbet, tree, drop, noose, rope, halter, bowstring
death chair, electric chair
gas chamber
lethal injection
firing squad
mecate. house of correction etc. (prison) [Means of restraint.] Prison
executioner
electrocutioner
lyncher
hangman
headsman
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