practice law
Definition of practice law
: to work as a lawyer She practices law with a firm in Boston.
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practice
: carry out, apply
: to do or perform often, customarily, or habitually
: to be professionally engaged in
: actual performance or application
: a repeated or customary action
: the usual way of doing something
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lawplay
: a binding custom or practice of a community : a rule of conduct or action prescribed (see prescribe 1a) or formally recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority
: the whole body of such customs, practices, or rules
: common law
: litigate
: to sue or prosecute at law
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