legal system

nouns

a system for interpreting and enforcing the laws
legal system
domain category
the collection of rules imposed by authority
"civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
jurisprudence, law
is a type of (narrower)
a procedure or process for obtaining an objective
"they had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation"
system