(law) a juristic act.

to accept, admit, to approve, to allow / to recognize / to acknowledge / to concede / to appreciate, to witness / to observe or notice

write (some text; a letter); put down (one's thoughts on paper) / eat; put down (a meal) / treat; deal with / prepare / subdue

the field, profession, and study of law. The rule of law / a statute / an act of a legislature

right, legitimate, allowable

legality, justness

action, act / conduct

(law) a law firm, a law office

justification, rationale, warrant / self-justification, presenting one's own deeds or words as reasonable

to justify, to rationalize