| professional boxing | boxing for money |
| professional wrestling | wrestling for money |
| professional golf | playing golf for money |
| professional football | football played for pay |
| professional baseball | playing baseball for money |
| professional basketball | playing basketball for money |
| professional tennis | playing tennis for money |
business life
professional life | a career in industrial or commercial or professional activities |
wrong
legal injury
damage | any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right |
constructive fraud
legal fraud | comprises all acts or omissions or concealments involving breach of equitable or legal duty or trust or confidence |
delivery livery
legal transfer | the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another |
| legal duty | acts which the law requires be done or forborne |
legal action
action action at law | a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another, one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong |
proceeding
legal proceeding
proceedings | (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked |
eviction
dispossession
legal ouster | the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law |
legal separation
separation | (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order) |
| privilege | a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all |
| legal right | a right based in law |
prerogative
privilege
perquisite
exclusive right | a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right), suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males |
| privilege of the floor | the right to be admitted onto the floor of a legislative assembly while it is in session |
| privilege | (law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship |
| attorneylient privilege | the right of a lawyer to refuse to divulge confidential information from his client |
| informer's privilege | the right of the government to refuse to reveal the identity of an informer |
| journalist's privilege | the right of a journalist to refuse to divulge sources of confidential information |
marital communications privilege
husband-wife privilege | neither spouse can divulge confidential communications from the other while they were married |
| physician-patient privilege | the right of a physician to refuse to divulge confidential information from a patient without the consent of the patient |
| priest-penitent privilege | the right of a clergyman to refuse to divulge confidential information received from a person during confession or similar exchanges |
freedom from self-incrimination
privilege against self incrimination | the civil right (guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution) to refuse to answer questions or otherwise give testimony against yourself |
legal power
jurisdiction | (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law, courts having jurisdiction in this district |
| legal system | a system for interpreting and enforcing the laws |
legal principle
judicial principle
judicial doctrine | (law) a principle underlying the formulation of jurisprudence |
jurisprudence
law legal philosophy | the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do |
legal document
legal instrument
official document
instrument | (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right |
legal separation
judicial separation | a judicial decree regulating the rights and responsibilities of a married couple living apart |
| brief legal brief | a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case |
opinion
legal opinion
judgment
judgement | the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision, opinions are usually written by a single judge |
| legal code | a code of laws adopted by a state or nation, a code of laws |
legal profession
bar
legal community | the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction, he was admitted to the bar in New Jersey |
| professional association | an association of practitioners of a given profession |
professional organization
professional organisation | an organization of and for professional people |
domicile
legal residence | (law) the residence where you have your permanent home or principal establishment and to where, whenever you are absent, you intend to return, every person is compelled to have one and only one domicile at a time, what's his legal residence? |
dancer
professional dancer
terpsichorean | a performer who dances professionally |
defense attorney
defense lawyer | the lawyer representing the defendant |
| divorce lawyer | a lawyer specializing in actions for divorce or annulment |
golf pro
professional golfer | someone who earns a living by playing or teaching golf |
health professional
primary care provider
PCP
health care provider
caregiver | a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability |
jurist
legal expert | a legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations |
lawyer
attorney | a professional person authorized to practice law, conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice |
| legal representative | a personal representative with legal standing (as by power of attorney or the executor of a will) |
| master professional | an authority qualified to teach apprentices |