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Definition of Legal system
1. Noun. A system for interpreting and enforcing the laws.
Specialized synonyms: Bail, Jury System, Patent System, Tax System, Electoral System, Voting System
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Lexicographical Neighbors of Legal System
Literary usage of Legal system
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Pragmatic Legal Expert System by James Popple (1996)
"44 Proponents of the idea of automated judges claim that such systems would reduce
the cost of the legal system, find inconsistencies in the law, ..."
2. Lectures on the Moral Government of God by Nathaniel William Taylor (1859)
"Section third : Law immutable in its sanctions.—Law used in a generic sense.—Theologians
too often confine it to a legal system. ..."
3. Modern French Legal Philosophy by Alfred Fouillée, Alfred Jules Emile Fouillee (1916)
"The legal system Must Adapt itself to Actual Conditions, Yet Must Also Seek an
... The legal system should differ with the difference in degree and kind of ..."
4. The Rise of the Spanish Empire in the Old World and in the New by Roger Bigelow Merriman (1918)
"Of all the nations of Western Europe, Spain traces her legal system back to that
of Rome in most direct descent; but the struggle between the Roman and ..."
5. Introduction to the Science of Law: Systematic Survey of the Law and by Karl Gareis (1911)
"... AND SURVEY OF THE legal system I. In order to arrive at a systematic classification
of the cor ptts juris, it is necessary to go back to interests. ..."
6. Japan by the Japanese: A Survey by Its Highest Authorities by Alfred Stead (1904)
"The legal system to-day is vastly different from what it was then. The change
has been gradual, and the successive stages of development may be traced in ..."
7. The Rise of the Mediaeval Church and Its Influence on the Civilisation of by Alexander Clarence Flick (1909)
"The legal system of the Church. V.—The official language and ritual of the Church.
VI.— The sacramental system. VII.—The employment of art. VIII. ..."