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heavy handedCome down hard on something or someone.Rate it:

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historiae prodiderunt (without nobis)history has handed down to us.Rate it:

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hold cheapTo have a low esteem for; to look down upon; to hold in contempt.Rate it:

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hold courtTo convene or preside over a trial or other legal proceeding in a court of law.Rate it:

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hunt outTo track down; to find after searching for a whileRate it:

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i approve this messagea phrase said by candidates for federal office to show their consent to comply with the elective law passed in 2002; now becoming used for other offices too, not just federal officesRate it:

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IANAInitialism of I am not a, a caveat used by lay people to distinguish themselves from professionals on a subject.Rate it:

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ignorantia juris non excusatIgnorance of the law is not a valid excuse.Rate it:

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il a l'air de revenir de pontoiseHe looks down in the mouth; He answers in a silly fashion.Rate it:

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il était tout choseHe was out of sorts; out of spirits; cast down.Rate it:

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il ne faut pas se déchausser pour manger celaIt is not worth while sitting down to eat that.Rate it:

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il s'est rangéHe has settled down (after sowing his wild oats).Rate it:

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il se promenait de long en largeHe was walking up and down, to and fro.Rate it:

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il va de la cave au grenier1. He rambles in his talk. 2. He writes very unevenly (up and down).Rate it:

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ils nous ont fait une france à leur taille (béranger )They have brought France down to their level.Rate it:

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imperium deponere (Rep. 2. 12. 23)to lay down one's power.Rate it:

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in lege scriptum est, or simply estthe law says...Rate it:

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in legem iurare (Sest. 16. 37)to swear obedience to a law.Rate it:

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in malis iacereto be broken down by misfortune.Rate it:

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in profundum deicito fall down into the abyss.Rate it:

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indicta causa (opp. cognita causa)without going to law.Rate it:

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inimicitias deponereto lay aside one's differences.Rate it:

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intra legem- A court's power to interpret and apply the law to achieve the most equitable result.Rate it:

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iter facere(1) to take a journey, (2) to make, lay down a road (rare).Rate it:

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ius ac fas omne delereto trample all law under foot.Rate it:

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ius ad artem redigereto reduce law to a system.Rate it:

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ius gentium violareto violate the law of nations.Rate it:

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je m'en prends à vousI lay the blame at your door.Rate it:

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jeter le gantthrow down the gauntletRate it:

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just folksUnpretentious, informal, down-to-earth.Rate it:

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keep one's shirt onTo be more patient or to calm down.Rate it:

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kick offTo shut down or turn_off suddenly.Rate it:

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kick the bucketOf a machine, to break down such that it cannot be repaired.Rate it:

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knacker's yardThat area of a slaughterhouse where carcasses unfit for human consumption are rendered down to produce useful materials such as glue.Rate it:

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la loi passa d'embléeThe law passed straight off, by acclamation.Rate it:

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lawyer upTo exercise one's right to legal representation, especially on the occasion of refusing to answer law-enforcement officials' questions without the presence of such legal representation.Rate it:

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le navire a péri corps et biensThe ship went down with all hands on board.Rate it:

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leave nothing to the imaginationHe stripped down to a pair of see-through briefs that left nothing to the imagination.Rate it:

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legal dutyA duty prescribed by the law, to act or forbear from acting.Rate it:

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legally bindingenforceable by lawRate it:

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lege tenerito be bound by a law.Rate it:

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legem abrogare (Att. 3. 23. 2)to replace an old law by a new.Rate it:

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legem ferre or simply ferre ad populum, ut...to propose a law in the popular assembly.Rate it:

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legem in aes incīdereto engrave a law upon a brazen tablet.Rate it:

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legem iubereto ratify a law (used of the people).Rate it:

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legem perferre (Liv. 33. 46)to carry a law (said of the magistrate).Rate it:

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legem proponere in publicumto bring a law before the notice of the people.Rate it:

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legem ratam esse iubereto declare a law valid.Rate it:

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legem rogare or rogare populum (cf. sect. XVI. 4, note Aulus Gellius...)to formally propose a law to the people.Rate it:

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legem sancireto let a bill become law (of the people and senate).Rate it:

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