LEGAL PRINCIPLE Synonyms

• a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field of art or philosophy

• a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter

• a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall

• a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts

• a complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church

• a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired

• a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

• a light line that is used in lettering to help align the letters

• a detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards or determining a course of action

• a rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior

• the collection of rules imposed by authority

• legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity

• 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 branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do

• the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system

• the force of policemen and officers

• a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits

• English inventor (born in the United States) who invented the Maxim gun that was used in World War I (1840-1916)

• an authoritative command

• a statute enacted by a city government

• the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders

• rule of personal conduct

• a doctrine that is taught

• an authoritative command

• a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior

• the state of being controlled or governed

• (embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered

• the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular

• the act of controlling or directing according to rule

• prescribed by or according to regulation

• a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior

• something regarded as a normative example

• prescribed guide for conduct or action

• (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice

• a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct

• the duration of a monarch's or government's power

• dominance or power through legal authority

• directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted

• any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order

• a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system

• (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems

• measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths

• exercise authority over; as of nations

• decide with authority

• be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance

• decide on and make a declaration about

• have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac

• mark or draw with a ruler

• keep in check

• an act passed by a legislative body

• enacted by a legislative body

• a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof

• (law) a principle underlying the formulation of jurisprudence

• (law) a principle underlying the formulation of jurisprudence