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stand trialTo be put on trial in a court of law.Rate it:

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summo iure agere cum aliquo (cf. summum ius, summa iniuria)to proceed against some one with the utmost rigour of the law; to strain the law in one's favour.Rate it:

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suo (legitimo) anno creari (opp. ante annum)to be elected at the age required by law (lex Villia annalis).Rate it:

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take the law into one's own handsTo punish someone according to one's own idea of justice and without consideration for the role of law enforcement authorities.Rate it:

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teach awayIn patent law, to describe the solution to a problem in a way that excludes a particular alternative to solving that problem addressed by a later invention.Rate it:

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the law is a assAlternative form of the law is an ass.Rate it:

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the law is an assThe law, as created by legislators or as administered by the justice system, cannot be relied upon to be sensible or fair.Rate it:

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the long arm of the lawThe body of law enforcement officers.Rate it:

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there is an exception to every ruleUsually said in a situation when the rule is incorrect and unusable.Rate it:

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there ought to be a lawIndicates disapproval of a situation.Rate it:

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there oughta be a lawEye dialect spelling of there ought to be a law.Rate it:

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there oughtta be a lawEye dialect spelling of there ought to be a law.Rate it:

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to sing like a canaryto squeal to the law on one's accomplicesRate it:

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touch-move ruleIn chess, a rule that states any piece touched deliberately by a player, when it is their turn to move, must be moved if a legal move is possible.Rate it:

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trial by mediaThe process by which media coverage affects a person's reputation by creating a widespread perception of guilt or innocence, often before, or after, a verdict in a court of law.Rate it:

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two-second ruleA rule of thumb for safe driving by which a driver must maintain a two-second distance from the vehicle in front.Rate it:

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verba ac litteras or scriptum (legis) sequi (opp. sententia the spirit)to hold by the letter (of the law).Rate it:

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walk the lineTo behave in an authorized or socially accepted manner, especially as prescribed by law or morality; to exercise self-control.Rate it:

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what's good for the goose is good for the ganderAny decision or rule that applies to one person must be applied to the others especially of the same group.Rate it:

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winning is no option, it's a rule.I came up with this walking past the new baseball field (Franklin Quest Field) that was being constructed in Salt Lake City Utah back around 1996 I believeRate it:

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work to ruletake industrial actionRate it:

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אין דין ואין דייןNo one is enforcing law and order.Rate it:

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ואהבת לרעך כמוךlove your neighbor as yourself, love thy neighbor as thyself; The Golden Rule: the principle that one should treat other people in the manner in which one would want to be treated by them.Rate it:

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