| They must be passed before they can be followed | 47 |
| They are enforced | 17 |
| Ten Commandments, for example | 29 |
| Subjects of Congressional debate | 32 |
| Some are natural, some are broken | 33 |
| Sax player Ronnie | 17 |
| Samuel ___, inventor of the stock ticker | 40 |
| Rules of action | 15 |
| Rules and regulations | 21 |
| Penal code entries | 18 |
| Parts of codes | 14 |
| Part of LL.D. | 13 |
| Nomologists' specialties | 28 |
| Nomologists' forte | 22 |
| Murphy's and Godwin's, for two | 38 |
| Moses laid them down? | 21 |
| Legislators pass them | 21 |
| Legal statutes | 14 |
| Items in a code | 15 |
| Hard and fast rules | 19 |
| Goons break them | 16 |
| Draco's code of ___ | 23 |
| Doctor of ___ (degree) | 22 |
| Deuteronomy contents | 20 |
| Delivery of Moses | 17 |
| Court torts | 11 |
| Court orders? | 13 |
| Constitution's composition | 30 |
| Concerns of judges | 18 |
| Code's contents | 19 |
| Code makeup, maybe | 18 |
| Code contents, maybe | 20 |
| Code contents | 13 |
| Code components | 15 |
| Code collection | 15 |
| Capitol products | 16 |
| Capitol doings | 14 |
| Canons | 6 |
| Bonar and John | 14 |
| Blackstone's subjects | 25 |
| Beck: "Sexx ___" | 26 |
| Bar topics | 10 |
| Baddies break them | 18 |
| Bad things to break | 19 |
| ''___ are silent in times of war'' (Cicero) | 59 |
| Harvard has one | 15 |
| Harvard feature | 15 |
| Court case | 10 |
| Plaintiff's filing | 22 |
| One may be settled | 18 |
| It may be settled | 17 |
| Action in court | 15 |
| Court actions | 13 |
| Some court cases | 16 |
| Court confrontations | 20 |
| Attire for attorneys? | 21 |
| Case worker | 11 |
| Typical John Grisham hero | 25 |
| Someone on the defense | 22 |
| Retainer recipient | 18 |
| One skilled in defense | 22 |
| Occupation with its own category of jokes | 41 |
| Butt of many jokes | 18 |
| You may hire one to take your vase | 34 |
| Typical John Grisham figure | 27 |
| Trudeau's profession | 24 |
| Someone on the defense, perhaps | 31 |
| Robert Shapiro, e.g. | 20 |
| Professional with a license | 27 |
| Person with unwashable briefs | 29 |
| Person at the bar | 17 |
| Perry Mason or Ally McBeal | 26 |
| Perry Mason | 11 |
| Patent seeker's need, perhaps | 33 |
| Nicholson role in "Easy Rider" | 40 |
| Maker of cases | 14 |
| M. Clark or C. Darden | 21 |
| Hillary Clinton, for one | 24 |
| Hearing aide | 12 |
| Handle cases | 12 |
| Grisham's former occupation | 31 |
| F. Lee Bailey, e.g. | 19 |
| Denny Crane, e.g. | 17 |
| Darrow, for one | 15 |
| Darrow, e.g. | 12 |
| Darrow or Belli | 15 |
| Clinton or Obama | 16 |
| Brief writer | 12 |
| Brief drafter | 13 |
| Bar worker | 10 |
| Bailey or Belli | 15 |
| Attorney | 8 |
| "Compromise is the best and cheapest ___" (saying attributed to Robert Louis Stevenson) | 97 |
| Their suits come with briefs | 28 |
| They may be seen in chambers | 28 |
| They "make crime pay": Will Rogers | 44 |
| Targets of many jokes | 21 |
| Perry Mason and others | 22 |
| People getting into briefs? | 27 |
| Ones doing case studies | 23 |