n.
rules of law
administration of law
1) to administer, dispense, mete out, render ~
2) to obstruct ~
3) to pervert ~
4) divine; frontier ( US ); poetic; summary ~
5) ~ prevails
6) a miscarriage; travesty of ~
7) ( misc. ) to bring (a criminal) to ~; to temper ~ with mercy
recognition, appreciation
8) to do ~ to (her portrait does not do ~ to her)
9) in ~ to
judge
10) an associate ( esp. US ); chief ( esp. US ) ~; Lord Chief Justice ( GB ); a supreme court ~
magistrate
11) a traffic court ~; a ~ of the peace
USAGE NOTE: The plural of Lord Chief Justice is Lords Chief Justice .