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1176:Jewish law
1134:Common law
1055:Rulemaking
1050:Regulation
1000:Law making
939:Divine law
915:Legal code
862:Sports law
785:Law of war
735:Health law
720:Family law
704:Energy law
654:Bankruptcy
591:Punishment
586:Public law
391:2017-02-27
362:2017-02-27
333:2017-02-26
284:privileges
190:Expatriate
43:Birthplace
34:Birthright
1549:Judiciary
1544:Executive
1519:The bench
1456:Solicitor
1431:Barrister
1311:Sociology
1296:Pseudolaw
1236:Anarchist
1193:Roman law
1181:Parsi law
1166:Hindu law
1154:Canon law
1129:Civil law
1082:Concordat
973:Precedent
882:Trust law
857:Space law
694:Drugs law
564:Procedure
502:Civil law
305:Footnotes
148:renounced
1656:Category
1598:Tribunal
1583:Military
1426:Attorney
1396:Judgment
1256:Feminist
1171:Jain law
968:Case law
689:Cyberlaw
596:Corporal
574:Criminal
544:Evidence
534:Doctrine
512:Contract
385:Archived
356:Archived
327:Archived
116:Ius Doni
99:multiple
63:Jus soli
1670:Outline
1607:History
1514:The bar
1488:Verdict
1436:Counsel
1416:Justice
1271:History
1094:Statute
910:Charter
872:Tax law
820:Probate
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215:Refugee
200:Illegal
94:missing
27:persons
1588:Police
1559:Agency
1441:Lawyer
1186:Sharia
1077:Treaty
1072:Repeal
1018:Decree
929:Custom
825:Estate
775:Labour
539:Equity
1701:is a
1663:Index
1529:Court
1473:Trial
1379:Judge
1220:Yassa
1023:Edict
569:Civil
522:Crime
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173:Enemy
168:Alien
1703:stub
1411:Jury
1359:Fiqh
1215:Xeer
613:Tort
529:Deed
126:Test
121:Oath
483:Law
423:106
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205:Law
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