word | | Legal system |
| access | Antarctica | ... respect to their own nationals and operations) in accordance with their own national laws; more generally, access to the Antarctic Treaty area, that is to all areas between 60 and 90 degrees ... |
| accordance | Antarctica | ... are carried out by these member nations (with respect to their own nationals and operations) in accordance with their own national laws; more generally, access to the Antarctic Treaty area, that is ... |
| according | European Union | unique supranational law system in which, according to an interpretive declaration of member-state governments appended to the Treaty of Lisbon, "the Treaties and the law adopted by the Union on the ... |
| Accords | New Caledonia | civil law system based on French law; the 1988 Matignon Accords grant substantial autonomy to the islands |
| accusatory | Dominican Republic | civil law system based on the French civil code; Criminal Procedures Code modified in 2004 to include important elements of an accusatory system |
| Act | Antarctica | ... murder, may apply extraterritorially; some US laws directly apply to Antarctica; for example, the Antarctic Conservation Act, 16 U.S.C. section 2401 et seq., provides civil and criminal penalties for the following activities ... |
| Act | United Kingdom | common law system; has nonbinding judicial review of Acts of Parliament under the Human Rights Act of 1998 |
| actively | Czech Republic | civil law system based on former Austro-Hungarian civil codes and socialist theory; note - legislation is actively modernizing the legal system |
| activities | Antarctica | ... Conservation Act, 16 U.S.C. section 2401 et seq., provides civil and criminal penalties for the following activities unless authorized by regulation of statute: the taking of native mammals or birds; the introduction ... |
| acts | Algeria | mixed legal system of French civil law and Islamic law; judicial review of legislative acts in ad hoc Constitutional Council composed of various public officials including several Supreme Court justices |
| acts | Angola | civil legal system based on Portuguese civil law; no judicial review of legislative acts |
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