| Law, (Andrew) Bonar 1858-1923. Canadian-born British politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer (1916-1918) and prime minister (1922-1923). |
| Law, John 1671-1729. Scottish financier active in France, where he engaged in highly profitable speculation on the development of Louisiana. The investment scheme ultimately collapsed, and he fled the country in ruin (1720). |
| law (lô) n. 1. A rule of conduct or procedure established by custom, agreement, or authority. 2. a. The body of rules and principles governing the affairs of a community and enforced by a political authority; a legal system: international law. b. The condition of social order and justice created by adherence to such a system: a breakdown of law and civilized behavior. 3. A set of rules or principles dealing with a specific area of a legal system: tax law; criminal law. 4. A piece of enacted legislation. 5. a. The system of judicial administration giving effect to the laws of a community: All citizens are equal before the law. b. Legal action or proceedings; litigation: submit a dispute to law. c. An impromptu or extralegal system of justice substituted for established judicial procedure: frontier law. 6. a. An agency or agent responsible for enforcing the law. Often used with the: "The law . . . stormed out of the woods as the vessel was being relieved of her cargo" (Sid Moody). b. Informal A police officer. Often used with the. 7. a. The science and study of law; jurisprudence. b. Knowledge of law. c. The profession of an attorney. 8. Something, such as an order or a dictum, having absolute or unquestioned authority: The commander's word was law. 9. Law a. The body of principles or precepts held to express the divine will, especially as revealed in the Bible. b. The first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures. 10. A code of principles based on morality, conscience, or nature. 11. a. A rule or custom generally established in a particular domain: the unwritten laws of good sportsmanship. b. A way of life: the law of the jungle. 12. a. A statement describing a relationship observed to be invariable between or among phenomena for all cases in which the specified conditions are met: the law of gravity. b. A generalization based on consistent experience or results: the law of supply and demand. 13. Mathematics A general principle or rule that is assumed or that has been proven to hold between expressions. 14. A principle of organization, procedure, or technique: the laws of grammar; the laws of visual perspective. intr.v. lawed, law·ing, laws Idioms: To go to law; litigate. a law unto (oneself) A totally independent operator: An executive who is a law unto herself. take the law into (one's) own hands To mete out justice as one sees fit without due recourse to law enforcement agencies or the courts. [Middle English, from Old English lagu, from Old Norse *lagu, variant of lag, that which is laid down; see legh- in Indo-European roots.] |
law
Noun
1. a rule or set of rules regulating what may or may not be done by members of a society or community
2. a rule or body of rules made by the legislature or other authority Related adjectives legal, judicial, juridical
3. the control enforced by such rules: scant respect for the rule of law
4. the law
a. the legal or judicial system
b. the profession or practice of law
c. Informal the police or a policeman
5. law and order the policy of strict enforcement of the law, esp. against crime and violence
6. a rule of behaviour: an unwritten law that Nanny knows best
7. Also called: (law of nature) a generalization based on a recurring fact or event
8. the science or knowledge of law; jurisprudence
9. a general principle, formula, or rule in mathematics, science, or philosophy: the law of gravity
10. the Law the laws contained in the first five books of the Old Testament
11. go to law to resort to legal proceedings on some matter
12. lay down the law to speak in an authoritative manner [Old English lagu]
| law (lô) A statement that describes invariable relationships among phenomena under a specified set of conditions. Boyle's law, for instance, describes what will happen to the volume of an ideal gas if its pressure changes and its temperature remains the same. The conditions under which some physical laws hold are idealized (for example, there are no ideal gases in the real world), thus some physical laws apply universally but only approximately. See Note at hypothesis. |
Law
See also crime; government
a signature of a proxy, one who is not party to the transaction at hand. — allographic, adj.
the right of a nation at war to destroy the property of a neutral, subject to indemnification.
a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by an absence or breakdown of social and legal norms and values, as in the case of an uprooted people. — anomic, adj.
a real or apparent contradiction in a statute. — antinomic, antinomian, adj.
the theological doctrine maintaining that Christians are freed from both moral and civil law by God’s gift of grace. — antinomian, antinomist, n.
the solemn affirmation of the truth of a statement. — asseverator, n. — asseverative, adj.
the crime of adultery.
the offense of frequently exciting or stirring up suits and quarrels between others. — barrator, n. — barratrous, adj.
an intentional act that, directly or indirectly, causes harmful contact with another’s person.
a legal notice to beware; a notice placed on file until the caveator can be heard. — caveator, n. — caveatee, n.
a person who studies civil law.
formerly, in common law, acquittal on the basis of endorsement by the friends or neighbors of the accused. Also called trial by wager of law. — compurgator, n. — compurgatory, adj.
one who testifies to the innocence of an accused person.
a person who puts a particular interpretation on provisions of the U.S. Constitution, especially those provisions dealing with the rights of individuals and states.
the status of a married woman.
an act or action having the character of a crime. Also criminality. — criminal, n., adj.
1. the condition of blameworthiness, criminality, censurability.
2. Obsolete, guilt. — culpable, adj.
2. Obsolete, guilt. — culpable, adj.
a condition of guilt; failure to do that which the law or other obligation requires. See also finance. — delinquent, adj.
Obsolete, a delineation of jurisdiction.
an abnormal fear or dislike of justice.
Archaic. 1. the act of disinheriting.
2. the condition of being disinherited.
2. the condition of being disinherited.
any unreasonable harshness or severity in laws. — Draconian, Draconic, adj.
the right one landowner has been granted over the land of another, as the right of access to water, right of way, etc., at no charge.
1. a specialist in law relating to the feudal system.
2. a person who holds or Iets land under the provisions of the feudal system.
2. a person who holds or Iets land under the provisions of the feudal system.
a person to whom property or power is entrusted for the benefit of another. — fiducial, fiduciary, adj.
1. law as a science or philosophy.
2. a system of laws or a particular branch of law. — jurisprudent, adj.
2. a system of laws or a particular branch of law. — jurisprudent, adj.
an expert on the codification and revision of Roman laws ordered by the 6th-century Byzantine emperor Justinian. — Justinian code, n.
language typical of lawyers, laws, legal forms, etc., characterized by archaic usage, prolixity, redundancy and extreme thoroughness.
a strict and usually literal adherence to the law. — legalistic, adj.
a person who is skilled or well versed in law.
a compulsion for involving oneself in legal disputes.
the practice of religious legalism, especially the basing of standards of good actions upon the moral law.
a system of government based on a legal code.
1. the art of drafting laws.
2. a treatise on the drawing up of laws. — nomographer, n. — nomographic, adj.
2. a treatise on the drawing up of laws. — nomographer, n. — nomographic, adj.
the science of law. — nomologist, n. — nomological, adj.
the state of being under the age required by law to enter into certain responsibilities or obligations, as marrying, entering into contracts, etc. See also church; property and ownership.
a legal code or complete body or system of laws.
1. the writer of a complete code of the laws of a country.
2. the writer of a complete digest of materials on a subject.
2. the writer of a complete digest of materials on a subject.
1. a lawyer whose practice is of a small or petty character; a lawyer of little importance.
2. a shyster lawyer. — pettifoggery, n.
2. a shyster lawyer. — pettifoggery, n.
the rights or legal status of the last child bom in a family. Also called ultimogeniture. Cf. primogeniture.
the rights or legal status of the first born in a family. Cf. postremogeniture.
an expert in public or international law.
the advocacy of revision, especially in relation to court decisions. — revisionist, n. — revisionary, adj.
1. the state or practice of being a squatter, or one who settles on government land, thereby establishing ownership.
2. the state or practice of settling in vacant or abandoned property, either for shelter or in an attempt to establish ownership. — squatter, n.
2. the state or practice of settling in vacant or abandoned property, either for shelter or in an attempt to establish ownership. — squatter, n.
the drawing up of legal documents. — symbolaeographer, n.
postremogeniture.
1. the condition of land tenure of a vassal.
2. the fief or lands held.
2. the fief or lands held.
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| Noun | 1. | law - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" impounding, impoundment, internment, poundage - placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law award, awarding - a grant made by a law court; "he criticized the awarding of compensation by the court" appointment - (law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment; "she allocated part of the trust to her church by appointment" remit, remitment, remission - (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court) novation - (law) the replacement of one obligation by another by mutual agreement of both parties; usually the replacement of one of the original parties to a contract with the consent of the remaining party subrogation - (law) the act of substituting of one creditor for another disbarment - the act of expelling a lawyer from the practice of law chance-medley - an unpremeditated killing of a human being in self defense derogation - (law) the partial taking away of the effectiveness of a law; a partial repeal or abolition of a law; "any derogation of the common law is to be strictly construed" recission, rescission - (law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the contract had not been made; "recission may be brought about by decree or by mutual consent" abatement of a nuisance, nuisance abatement - (law) the removal or termination or destruction of something that has been found to be a nuisance production - (law) the act of exhibiting in a court of law; "the appellate court demanded the production of all documents" practice of law, law - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system; "he studied law at Yale" law practice - the practice of law civil wrong, tort - (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought juvenile delinquency, delinquency - an antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor comparative negligence - (law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff concurrent negligence - (law) negligence of two of more persons acting independently; the plaintiff may sue both together or separately contributory negligence - (law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence; "in common law any degree of contributory negligence would bar the plaintiff from collecting damages" criminal negligence, culpable negligence - (law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something with the same consequences) neglect of duty - (law) breach of a duty barratry - the offense of vexatiously persisting in inciting lawsuits and quarrels champerty - an unethical agreement between an attorney and client that the attorney would sue and pay the costs of the client's suit in return for a portion of the damages awarded; "soliciting personal injury cases may constitute champerty" criminal maintenance, maintenance - the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community; "unlike champerty, criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit" false pretence, false pretense - (law) an offense involving intent to defraud and false representation and obtaining property as a result of that misrepresentation resisting arrest - physical efforts to oppose a lawful arrest; the resistance is classified as assault and battery upon the person of the police officer attempting to make the arrest sedition - an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government sex crime, sex offense, sexual abuse, sexual assault - a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat; "most states have replaced the common law definition of rape with statutes defining sexual assault" kidnapping, snatch - (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment actual possession - (law) immediate and direct physical control over property constructive possession - (law) having the power and intention to have and control property but without direct control or actual presence upon it |
| 2. |  law - legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity; "there is a law against kidnapping"legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument - (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right anti-drug law - a law forbidding the sale or use of narcotic drugs anti-racketeering law, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, RICO, RICO Act - law intended to eradicate organized crime by establishing strong sanctions and forfeiture provisions antitrust law, antitrust legislation - law intended to promote free competition in the market place by outlawing monopolies statute of limitations - a statute prescribing the time period during which legal action can be taken constitution, fundamental law, organic law - law determining the fundamental political principles of a government public law - a law affecting the public at large blue law - a statute regulating work on Sundays blue sky law - a state law regulating the sale of securities in an attempt to control the sale of securities in fraudulent enterprises gag law - any law that limits freedom of the press homestead law - a law conferring privileges on owners of homesteads poor law - a law providing support for the poor Riot Act - a former English law requiring mobs to disperse after a magistrate reads the law to them prohibition - a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages; "in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US" law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" | |
| 3. | law - a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society concept, conception, construct - an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances divine law - a law that is believed to come directly from God principle - a basic truth or law or assumption; "the principles of democracy" sound law - a law describing sound changes in the history of a language | |
| 4. | law - a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature; "the laws of thermodynamics" concept, conception, construct - an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances all-or-none law - (neurophysiology) a nerve impulse resulting from a weak stimulus is just as strong as a nerve impulse resulting from a strong stimulus principle, rule - a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system; "the principle of the conservation of mass"; "the principle of jet propulsion"; "the right-hand rule for inductive fields" Archimedes' principle, law of Archimedes - (hydrostatics) the apparent loss in weight of a body immersed in a fluid is equal to the weight of the displaced fluid Avogadro's hypothesis, Avogadro's law - the principle that equal volumes of all gases (given the same temperature and pressure) contain equal numbers of molecules Bernoulli's law, law of large numbers - (statistics) law stating that a large number of items taken at random from a population will (on the average) have the population statistics Benford's law - a law used by auditors to identify fictitious populations of numbers; applies to any population of numbers derived from other numbers; "Benford's law holds that 30% of the time the first non-zero digit of a derived number will be 1 and it will be 9 only 4.6% of the time" Bose-Einstein statistics - (physics) statistical law obeyed by a system of particles whose wave function is not changed when two particles are interchanged (the Pauli exclusion principle does not apply) Boyle's law, Mariotte's law - the pressure of an ideal gas at constant temperature varies inversely with the volume Coulomb's Law - a fundamental principle of electrostatics; the force of attraction or repulsion between two charged particles is directly proportional to the product of the charges and inversely proportional to the distance between them; principle also holds for magnetic poles Dalton's law of partial pressures, law of partial pressures, Dalton's law - (chemistry and physics) law stating that the pressure exerted by a mixture of gases equals the sum of the partial pressures of the gases in the mixture; the pressure of a gas in a mixture equals the pressure it would exert if it occupied the same volume alone at the same temperature distribution law - (chemistry) the total energy in an assembly of molecules is not distributed equally but is distributed around an average value according to a statistical distribution equilibrium law, law of chemical equilibrium - (chemistry) the principle that (at chemical equilibrium) in a reversible reaction the ratio of the rate of the forward reaction to the rate of the reverse reaction is a constant for that reaction Fechner's law, Weber-Fechner law - (psychophysics) the concept that the magnitude of a subjective sensation increases proportional to the logarithm of the stimulus intensity; based on early work by E. H. Weber Fermi-Dirac statistics - (physics) law obeyed by a systems of particles whose wave function changes when two particles are interchanged (the Pauli exclusion principle applies) Charles's law, Gay-Lussac's law, law of volumes - (physics) the density of an ideal gas at constant pressure varies inversely with the temperature Henry's law - (chemistry) law formulated by the English chemist William Henry; the amount of a gas that will be absorbed by water increases as the gas pressure increases Hooke's law - (physics) the principle that (within the elastic limit) the stress applied to a solid is proportional to the strain produced Hubble law, Hubble's law - (astronomy) the generalization that the speed of recession of distant galaxies (the red shift) is proportional to their distance from the observer Kepler's law, Kepler's law of planetary motion - (astronomy) one of three empirical laws of planetary motion stated by Johannes Kepler Kirchhoff's laws - (physics) two laws governing electric networks in which steady currents flow: the sum of all the currents at a point is zero and the sum of the voltage gains and drops around any closed circuit is zero law of averages - a law affirming that in the long run probabilities will determine performance law of constant proportion, law of definite proportions - (chemistry) law stating that every pure substance always contains the same elements combined in the same proportions by weight law of diminishing returns - a law affirming that to continue after a certain level of performance has been reached will result in a decline in effectiveness law of effect - (psychology) the principle that behaviors are selected by their consequences; behavior having good consequences tends to be repeated whereas behavior that leads to bad consequences is not repeated | |
| 5. | law - the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do philosophy - the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics contract law - that branch of jurisprudence that studies the rights and obligations of parties entering into contracts corporation law - that branch of jurisprudence that studies the laws governing corporations matrimonial law - that branch of jurisprudence that studies the laws governing matrimony patent law - that branch of jurisprudence that studies the laws governing patents | |
| 6. | law - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system; "he studied law at Yale" learned profession - one of the three professions traditionally believed to require advanced learning and high principles law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" disbar - remove from the bar; expel from the practice of law by official action; "The corrupt lawyer was disbarred" | |
| 7. |  law - the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking for him"personnel, force - group of people willing to obey orders; "a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens" European Law Enforcement Organisation, Europol - police organization for the European Union; aims to improve effectiveness and cooperation among European police forces gendarmerie, gendarmery - French police force; a group of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively Mutawa, Mutawa'een - religious police in Saudi Arabia whose duty is to ensure strict adherence to established codes of conduct; offenders may be detained indefinitely; foreigners are not excluded New Scotland Yard, Scotland Yard - the detective department of the metropolitan police force of London secret police - a police force that operates in secrecy (usually against persons suspected of treason or sedition) Schutzstaffel, SS - special police force in Nazi Germany founded as a personal bodyguard for Adolf Hitler in 1925; the SS administered the concentration camps law enforcement agency - an agency responsible for insuring obedience to the laws posse, posse comitatus - a temporary police force |
law
noun 2. statute, act, bill, rule, demand, order, command, code, regulation, resolution, decree, canon, covenant, ordinance, commandment, enactment, edict
noun 4. the legal profession, the bar, barristers lay down the law be dogmatic, call the shots (informal) pontificate, rule the roost, crack the whip, boss around, dogmatize, order about or around >> adjectives legal, judicial
Translations
law [lɔː] n → Recht nt (= a rule) [also of nature, science] → Gesetz nt (= professions connected with law); Rechtswesen nt;
against the law → rechtswidrig;
n law [loː]
1 the collection of rules according to which people live or a country etc is governed Such an action is against the law; law and order. wet القانون закон právo lov das Recht νόμοι, δίκαιο ley seadus قانون laki loi(s), législation הָחוֹק कानून zakon jog hukum lög legge 法 법 teisė likumā paredzētā kārtība undang-undang wet lov prawo lei lege закон právo pravo; zakon zakon lag กฏหมาย yasa, kanun 法律 закон رائج یا نافذ اصول، قاعدہ جس کی خلاف ورزی واجب التعزیر ہو pháp luật 法律
2 any one of such rules A new law has been passed by Parliament. wet قانون закон zákon lov das Gesetz νόμος ley seadus قانون laki loi חוֹק नियम zakon törvény hukum lög legge 法律 (개개의) 법률 įstatymas likums undang-undang wet lov ustawa lei lege закон zákon zakon zakon lag กฏหมาย yasa, kanun 法令 закон ایسا کوئی قاعدہ یا قانون luật 法令
3 (in science) a rule that says that under certain conditions certain things always happen the law of gravity. wet, reël قانون عِلْمي закон zákon lov; -lov das Gesetz (φυσικός) νόμος ley seadus قانون؛ قاعده laki loi חוֹק सिसान्त zakon törvény hukum lögmál legge 法則 법칙 dėsnis (dabas, zinātnes) likums hukum wet lov prawo lei lege закон zákon zakon zakon lag กฏ kanun 規律 закон سائنس کا کوئی بنیادی اصول luật học 规律
adj lawful
1 (negativeunlawful) allowed by law He was attacked while going about his lawful business. regmatige قانوني законен legální lovlig gesetzmäßig νόμιμος legal, lícito seaduslik قانونی laillinen légitime חוּקִי कानूनी nezakonit törvényes sesuai hukum löglegur legittimo, lecito 合法的な 합법적인 įstatymiškas likumīgs sah wettig lovlig, rettmessig legalny lícito legal законный zákonný zakonit zakonit laglig ผิดกฏหมาย yasal, kanunî 法律允許的 законний قانونا جائز đúng luật 合法的
2 just or rightful She is the lawful owner of the property. wetlike قانوني законен legitimní lovlig rechtmäßig νόμιμος, δικαιωματικός legítimo seaduslik مشروع laillinen légitime חוּקִי विधि-स्वीकृत pravomoćan, zakonit jogos sah réttmætur legittimo 正当な 법적으로 자격이 있는 teisėtas likumīgs sah wettig lov-/rettmessig prawowity legítimo legitim, legal законный legitímny zakonit zakonit laglig, rättmätig ถูกกฏหมาย yasal, kanunî 合法的 законний درست hợp pháp 合法的
adv lawfully
wettiglik قانونيا законно zákonitě lovligt gesetzmäßig νόμιμα legalmente seaduslikult قانونمندانه laillisesti légalement לְפִי הַחוֹק वैधता zakonito törvényesen secara sah löglega legalmente 合法的に 합법적으로 teisėtai, įstatymais nustatyta tvarka likumīgi dari segi undang-undang volgens de wet lov-/rettmessig legalnie legalmente legal законно zákonite zakonito zakonito lagligt ถูกกฏหมาย yasal olarak 合法地 законно حسب قواعد một cách đúng luật 合法地
adj lawless
paying no attention to, and not keeping, the law In its early days, the American West was full of lawless men. wetteloos, losbandig خارِج على القانون беззаконен bez zákona lovløs gesetzlos άνομος, παράνομος sin ley seadusega pahuksis قانون شکن laiton, lakeja tottelematon sans loi לֹא לִפי הַחוֹק अराजक, विधिहीन bezakonit törvényellenes; vad tak patuh atau ingkar hukum ólöglegur senza legge 無法の 무법의 nepaisantis, nesilaikantis įstatymų nelikumīgs; neatļauts tidak mematuhi undang-undang wetteloos lovløs bezprawny, postępujący bezprawnie sem lei nelegiuit не подчиняющийся законам bez zákona ki ne spoštuje zakona nezakonit laglös ไม่สนใจกฏหมาย kanunsuz, yasa tanımaz 非法的, 違法的 беззаконний بے ضوابط không có luật pháp 没有法律的
adv lawlessly
wetteloosheid, losbandigheid بصورة غَيْر قانونيَّه беззаконно ilegálně lovløst gesetzlos παράνομα ilegalmente seadusevastaselt با قانون شکنی laittomasti d'une manière illégale בְּנִיגוּד לַחוֹק अव्यवस्था, अराजक्ता bezakonito törvényellenesen secara liar ólöglega illegalmente 無法に 무법적으로 nepaisant, nesilaikant įstatymų nelikumīgi tanpa mematuhi undang-undang wetteloos lovløst bezprawnie ilegalmente (într-un mod) ilegal непокорно;незаконно ilegálne nezakonito nezakonito laglöst ไร้กฏหมาย yasaya aykırı olarak 無法無天地, 非法地 беззаконно قانون شکنی سے một cách không có luật pháp 无法无天地, 非法地
n lawlessness
wetteloosheid عَدَم قانونيَّه، خُروج على القانون беззаконие nezákonnost lovløshed die Gesetzlosigkeit ανομία ilegalidad seadusetus بی قانونی laittomuus illégalité הפקרות अव्यवस्था, अराजक्ता bezakonje jogtalanság, törvényellenesség keliaran lögleysa illegalità 無法 무법 įstatymų nepaisymas, nesilaikymas nelikumība tidak patuh kepada undang-undang wetteloosheid lovløshet bezprawie ilegalidade ilegalitate; nelegiuire правонарушения nezákonnosť nezakonitost nezakonitost laglöshet ความไร้กฏหมาย kanunsuzluk, yasaya aykırılık 非法 беззаконня لا قانونیت sự không có luật pháp 非法
n lawyer [ˈloːjə]
a person whose work it is to know about and give advice and help to others concerning the law If you want to make your will, consult a lawyer. regsgeleerde مُحامٍ адвокат advokát, -ka sagfører; jurist der Anwalt δικηγόρος abogado jurist, advokaat وکیل lakimies avocat/-ate עוֹרֵך-דִין वकील odvjetnik, advokat jogász, ügyvéd pengacara lögfræðingur avvocato 弁護士 변호사 teisininkas, advokatas jurists; advokāts; juriskonsults peguam advocaat advokat, jurist prawnik advogado avocat юрист advokát, -ka, právny zástupca, právnik pravnik, odvetnik advokat jurist, advokat ทนายความ avukat 律師 юрист; адвокат وکیل luật sư 律师
adj law-abiding
obeying the law a law- abiding citizen. wetsgehoorsaam مُطيع للقانون изпълнителен dbalý zákonů lovlydig gesetzestreu νομοταγής de la respetuoso ley seaduskuulekas مطیع قانون lainkuuliainen respectueux des lois שוֹמֵר חוֹק क़ानून का पाबंद या मानने वाला, शांतिप्रिय koji se pridržava zakona törvénytisztelő mematuhi hukum löghlÿðinn rispettoso della legge 法に従う 법률을 지키는 įstatymus gerbiantis likumus ievērojošs patuh pada undang-undang gezagsgetrouw lovlydig prawomyślny, praworządny cumpridor das leis supus legilor законопослушный dodržiavajúci zákony ki spoštuje zakon koji poštuje zakon laglydig ตามกฏ yasalara/kanunlara itaat eden 守法的 законослухняний قانون کا پابند tôn trọng luật pháp 守法的
law court
a place where people accused of crimes are tried and legal disagreements between people are judged. geregsaal دار القَضاء أو العَدْل съд soudní dvůr ret; domstol der Gerichtshof δικαστήριο tribunal de justicia kohus دادگاه tuomioistuin cour de justice בֵּית מִשפָּט कचहरी, न्यायालय sud bíróság pengadilan réttur, dómstóll tribunale 法廷 법정 teismas tiesa mahkamah undang-undang rechtbank, gerechtshof domstol, retten sąd tribunal curte de justiţie суд súdny dvor sodišče sudnica domstol ศาล mahkeme 法院 суд عدالت قانونی tòa án 法院
n lawsuit
a quarrel or disagreement taken to a court of law to be settled. hofsaak دَعْوى قَضائِيَّه съдебен процес soudní pře retssag der Prozeß αγωγή pleito, proceso kohtuasi دادخواهی oikeusjuttu procès תְּבִיעָה מִשפָּטִית विधीय अभियोग parnica per, kereset tuntutan mál, málssókn processo 訴訟 소송 byla, ieškinys tiesas prāva tuntutan mahkamah proces rettssak, søksmål proces processo proces (civil) судебный процесс súdne konanie proces parnica process, rättegång, mål คดีความ dava 訴訟 судова справа عدالتی مقدمہ vụ kiện 诉讼
be a law unto oneself
to be inclined not to obey rules or follow the usual customs and conventions. jou eie gang gaan; jou niks laat voorskryf nie, jou aan niks steur nie يَعْمَل ما يَراهُ صوابا، لا يَلْتَفِت إلى القانون не спазвам установените обичаи být sám sobě zákonem tage loven i sin egen hånd sich über alle Konventionen hinwegsetzen εφαρμόζω δικούς μου νόμους, δεν ακολουθώ τις συνήθεις συμβάσεις dictar sus propias leyes oma õigust maksma panema خودسرانه رفتار کردن ottaa oikeus omiin käsiinsä ne connaître d'autre loi que la sienne לַעֲשׂוֹת כַּטוֹב בְּעֵינַיו कानून की परवाह न करना biti anarhičan saját feje után megy menentang hukum fara sínu fram trasgredire 思うまゝにふるまう (관습을 무시하고) 제멋대로 하다 būti linkusiam veikti nenuspėjamu būdu, nesiskaityti su niekuo pats sev kungs ikut suka sendiri zijn eigen wetten stellen følge sine egne lover, for seg selv være noe nie liczyć się z niczym não ligar às leis a nu asculta de nimeni şi de nimic жить по собственным законам byť sám sebe zákonom biti sam sebi zakon biti sam sebi zakon skriva (följa) sina egna lagar ตามกฏหมาย yasa tanımamak, bildiğini okumak 獨斷獨行 не визнавати законів من مانی کرنا bất chấp luật lệ 独断独行
the law
the police The thief was still in the building when the law arrived. die gereg الشَّرْطَه полицията policie ordensmagt die Polizei οι εκπρόσωποι του νόμου, η αστυνομία la policía politsei پلیس poliisi la police שוֹטֶר पुलिस policija a szerv polisi lögreglan la polizia 警察 경찰 policija policija pihak polis politie loven, politiet stróże prawa a polícia poliţie полиция polícia policija policija polisen ตำรวจ polis 警察 поліція; поліцейський پولیس cảnh sát 警察
the law of the land
the established law of a country. landswette قانون البِلاد законът на областта zákon země landets lov das Landrecht ο νόμος της χώρας del país la ley riigi seadused قانون مملکت maan laki les lois du pays חוּקֵי הַמדִינָה देश का कानून državni zakon jogrend undang-undang negara landslög, lögin (le leggi del paese) 国法 국법 šalies įstatymai valsts likumi undang-undang negara 's lands wet landets lover system prawny as leis do país legile ţării закон страны zákon krajiny državno pravo zakon zemlje landets lagar, lagen กฏหมายของประเทศ ülkenin yasası 國法 закон країни کسی ملک کا رائج الوقت قانون pháp luật của nhà nước 国法
lay down the law
to state something in a way that indicates that one expects one's opinion and orders to be accepted without argument. wette neerlê يَتَصَرَّف كأنه صاحب الأمر والنَّهي налагам се autoritativně rozhodnout diktere gebieterisch auftreten μιλώ σαν αυθεντία, δίνω εντολές hablar autoritariamente kategooriliselt nõudma دستور قاطع دادن sanella (essayer de) faire la loi לָתֵת הוֹרָאוֹת בְּסַמכוּתִיוּת अधिकारपूर्ण स्वर में बात करना, डांटना propisati zakon ellentmondást nem tűrő kijelentést tesz memaksakan setja fram afdráttarlausar staðhæfingar dettare legge 高飛車に言う 고압적으로 단정하다 autoritetingai tvirtinti, nurodinėti kategoriski pieprasīt memutuskan autoritair verkondigen gi klar beskjed stwierdzić autorytatywnie ditar leis a încerca să facă legea не допускать возражений autoritatívne rozhodnúť postavljati svoja pravila uspostaviti zakon lägga ut texten ไม่สนใจกฏหมาย yetkiyle görüşünü açıklamak; hükmetmek 發號施令 заявляти безапеляційно خود سری، ہماہمی سے کام لینا ra lệnh 发号施令
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