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sleep under the same bridgeTo be formally, but not actually, equal under the law.Rate it:

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Solo lege sanxit, ut or neSolo ordained by law that...Rate it:

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

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start a familyTo conceive one's first childRate 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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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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telephone tagA situation in which a person unsuccessfully attempts to contact another person by telephone and leaves a message instead, and in which the second person then unsuccessfully attempts to return the initial call and leaves a message for the first person, and so on as if the two are playing a game of tag in which the most recent person to have been left with a message is now designated as "it" (i.e. as the player now obliged to chase the other and to attempt anew to make contact).Rate it:

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the early bird gets the wormWhoever arrives first has the best chance of success; some opportunities are only available to the first competitors.Rate it:

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third stringA unit of players that plays behind the first and second strings; a junior varsity team.Rate it:

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

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tu n'en auras pas l'étrenneYou will not be the first to use it.Rate it:

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un brave à trois poilsThe bravest of the brave; A hero of the first water.Rate it:

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under the gunThe first player to act on the first round of betting in Texas hold 'em.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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vocabulum, verbum, nomen ducere ab, ex...to form, derive a word from... (used of the man who first creates the word).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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white rabbitWhite rabbit is the first thing one must say, usually 3 times, on the first day of each month.Rate it:

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wish upon a starHope that a wish will become fulfilled; usually upon seeing the first star of the evening.Rate it:

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work overTo improve a prototype, or first draft.Rate it:

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

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女士優先ladies firstRate it:

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安全第一safety firstRate it:

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