In most common law Common law refers to law developed by judges through decisions of courts and similar tribunals , rather than through legislative statutes or executive action, and to corresponding legal systems that rely on precedential case law jurisdictions, the attorney general, or attorney-general, is the main legal advisor to the government A government is the body within an organization that has the authority to make and enforce rules, laws and regulations, and in some jurisdictions he or she may in addition have executive responsibility for law enforcement Outside North America, such organisations are called police services. In North America, some of these services are called police, others have other names (e.g. sherriff's department; investigative police services in the USA are often called bureaus .) or responsibility for public prosecutions.
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