LEGAL SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does legal system mean? 

• LEGAL SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun LEGAL SYSTEM has 1 sense:

1. a system for interpreting and enforcing the laws

  Familiarity information: LEGAL SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEGAL SYSTEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A system for interpreting and enforcing the laws

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("legal system" is a kind of...):

system (a procedure or process for obtaining an objective)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "legal system"):

bail (the legal system that allows an accused person to be temporarily released from custody (usually on condition that a sum of money guarantees their appearance at trial))

jury system (a legal system for determining the facts at issue in a law suit)

patent system (a legal system for protecting the rights of inventors)

tax system (a legal system for assessing and collecting taxes)

electoral system; voting system (a legal system for making democratic choices)

 Context examples 

The current policy is not to decide scientifically but to say that it is not up to the legal system to decide because the debate is currently almost in the legal arena.

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