DeCS

Qualifier in English:	legislation & jurisprudence
Qualifier in Spanish:	legislación & jurisprudencia
Qualifier in Portuguese:	legislação & jurisprudência
Qualifier in French:	législation et jurisprudence
Entry term(s):	civil suits court decisions government regulations judicial aspects juridical aspects jurisprudence laws lawsuits legal aspects legislation and jurisprudence litigation medicolegal aspects ordinances regulations statutes
Scope note:	Used for laws, statutes, ordinances, or government regulations, as well as for legal controversy and court decisions.
Annotation:	subheading only; includes "legal", "laws", "government regulations", "statutes", "ordinances", "medicolegal", "judicial", "juridical", "suits", "avoidance of suits", "litigation", "court decisions"
Online Note:	search policy: Online Manual; use: main heading/LJ or LJ (SH) or SUBS APPLY LJ
History Note:	78; used with Category I1-2 & N2-4 1978-87; I1-2, L, N2-4 & SMOKING 1988; G2-3, I1-2, L, N2-4 & SMOKING+ 1989; G1-2, I2-3 & N2-4 1990 forward
Entry Version:	LEGIS
Abbreviation:	LJ
DeCS UI:	22041
Descriptor UI:	Q000331
Date Established:	1978/01/01
Date of Entry:	1977/05/16
Revision Date:	2017/04/11

legislation & jurisprudence - Preferred

Concept UI	M0030527
Scope note	Used for laws, statutes, ordinances, or government regulations, as well as for legal controversy and court decisions.
Preferred term	legislation & jurisprudence
Entry term(s)	legislation and jurisprudence

court decisions - Narrower

Concept UI	M0030528
Preferred term	court decisions

government regulations - Narrower

Concept UI	M0030529
Preferred term	government regulations

judicial aspects - Narrower

Concept UI	M0030536
Preferred term	judicial aspects

juridical aspects - Narrower

Concept UI	M0030537
Preferred term	juridical aspects

statutes - Narrower

Concept UI	M0030541
Preferred term	statutes

lawsuits - Related but not broader or narrower

Concept UI	M0030538
Preferred term	lawsuits

legal aspects - Narrower

litigation - Narrower

Concept UI	M0030533
Preferred term	litigation

medicolegal aspects - Narrower

Concept UI	M0030539
Preferred term	medicolegal aspects

ordinances - Narrower

Concept UI	M0030540
Preferred term	ordinances

regulations - Related but not broader or narrower

Concept UI	M0030534
Preferred term	regulations

civil suits - Related but not broader or narrower

Concept UI	M0030535
Preferred term	civil suits

laws - Narrower

Concept UI	M0030530
Preferred term	laws

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