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law
/lɔː/ nounTranslation
the law › the system of official rules in a country
yasa, kanun
You're breaking the law. It's against the law (= illegal) not to wear seat belts. It's their job to enforce the law.238684 by law › If you have to do something by law, it is illegal not to do it.
yasaya/kanuna göre; yasalar/kanunlar uyarınca
They have to provide a contract by law.2386841177RULE [C] › an official rule in a country
yasa, kanun, hukuk
There are laws against drinking in the street. They led the fight to impose laws on smoking.238684 law and order › the obeying of laws in society
kanun ve nizam
a breakdown in law and order2104685SUBJECT [U] › the subject or job of understanding and dealing with the official laws of a country
hukuk
to study/practise law a law school/firm a specialist in civil/criminal law1372ALWAYS TRUE [C] › something that is always true in science, mathematics, etc.
kural, yöntem, kanun, yasa
the laws of nature/physics the law of averages/gravity3161104lay down the law › to repeatedly tell people what they should do, without caring about how they feel
→ See also brother-in-law → See also common-law → See also daughter-in-law → See also father-in-law → See also in-laws → See also martial law → See also mother-in-law → See also sister-in-law → See also son-in-lawherkese/sağa sola emirler yağdırmak; sürekli talimatlar vermek
People are fed up with him laying down the law the whole time.1177(Definition of law noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish
© Cambridge University Press)
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