PRACTICE OF LAW

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Example:

he studied law at Yale

Synonyms:

law; practice of law

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("practice of law" is a kind of...):

learned profession (one of the three professions traditionally believed to require advanced learning and high principles)

Domain category:

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

Domain member category:

deny; traverse (deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit)

set aside (annul (a legal decision))

disbar (remove from the bar; expel from the practice of law by official action)