Synonyms and antonyms of Relating to the law or laws, or the work of lawyers in British Thesaurus

antitrust (adjective)

American intended to prevent companies from controlling prices and reducing competition

appellate (adjective)

relating to a legal appeal

civil (adjective)

relating to private legal disagreements between people, not criminal law

common law (adjective)

according to common law

criminal (adjective)

relating to parts of the legal system that deal with crime

criminally (adverb)

according to criminal law

effective (adjective)

formal when a law or agreement becomes effective, it officially begins to be used

enabling (adjective)

legal used about laws that allow a government to introduce other laws at a later date

equitable (adjective)

formallegal of or relating to the law of equity

extrajudicial (adjective)

formal not within the usual powers of the law

extraterritorial (adjective)

legal extraterritorial rights allow you to obey your own country’s laws rather than the laws of the country where you are living

forensic (adjective)

relating to lawyers or law courts

in force ()

if a law or rule is in force, it is being applied and people must obey it

in open court ()

in a court of law where the public and journalists are allowed to be present

in order ()

official documents that are in order are complete, correct, and legal

invalid (adjective)

not legally effective

judicial (adjective)

relating to the judges and courts that are responsible for justice in a country or state

judicial (adjective)

done by a judge or court

judicial (adjective)

relating to the work of a judge

juvenile (adjective)

relating to young people who have committed a crime or who are accused of committing a crime

lapsed (adjective)

no longer legally effective

lawful (adjective)

formal officially accepted by the government or another authority

law-making (adjective)

responsible for making laws

law-making (adjective)

relating to the activity of making laws

legal (adjective)

relating to the law or lawyers

legislative (adjective)

relating to laws or to the process of creating new laws

legislative (adjective)

used for talking about groups of people who have the power to create new laws

liable (adjective)

legally responsible for causing damage or injury, so that you have to pay something or be punished

magisterial (adjective)

relating to a magistrate

mandatory (adjective)

ordered by a law or rule

null and void ()

with no legal effect

on the books ()

a law that is on the books is part of the legal system of a country, city etc

out-of-court (adjective)

an out-of court settlement is an agreement between the people involved in a legal argument that an amount of money will be paid without the case being decided officially in a law court

prescribed (adjective)

decided by a law or a rule

retroactive (adjective)

a retroactive law or decision affects things that have happened since a particular date in the past, before the law was introduced or before the decision was made

retrospective (adjective)

a retrospective law or decision affects things that have happened since a particular date in the past, before the law was introduced or before the decision was made

statute-barred (adjective)

a statute-barred claim can no longer be legally enforced because its time period has ended

statutory (adjective)

controlled by a law or statute

through (adjective)

if a proposal goes through a parliament, it is accepted by it and becomes law

undefended (adjective)

if a court case is undefended, no one argues against it

unproven (adjective)

legal used about something that has not been proved in a court of law

valid (adjective)

legally accepted

void (adjective)

legal no longer legal or effective

voidable (adjective)

a voidable contract can be made void