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  • 101law — noun 1 SYSTEM OF RULES (singular, uncountable) the whole system of rules that citizens of a country or place must obey: against the law (=illegal): Sex discrimination is against the law. | break the law (=do something illegal): There were easy… …

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  • 102law — n. 1 a a rule enacted or customary in a community and recognized as enjoining or prohibiting certain actions and enforced by the imposition of penalties. b a body of such rules (the law of the land; forbidden under Scots law). 2 the controlling… …

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  • 103law — noun 1 official rule/rules ⇨ See also ↑martial law ADJECTIVE ▪ administrative, case, civil, common, constitutional, criminal, statute, etc …

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  • 104law — n. statute, regulation 1) to administer, apply, enforce a law 2) to adopt, enact, pass; draft; promulgate a law 3) to obey, observe a law 4) to interpret a law (courts interpret laws) 5) to annul, repeal, revoke a law; to declare a law… …

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  • 105law */*/*/ — UK [lɔː] / US [lɔ] noun Word forms law : singular law plural laws 1) [countable] an official rule that people must obey The new law will be passed by Parliament in the spring. break a law (= do something illegal): Several traffic laws had been… …

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  • 106law — [[t]lɔ[/t]] n. 1) law the principles and regulations established by a government or other authority and applicable to a people, whether by legislation or by custom enforced by judicial decision 2) law any written or positive rule or collection of …

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  • 107law — /lɔ / (say law) noun 1. the principles and regulations emanating from a government and applicable to a people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognised and enforced by judicial decision. 2. any written or positive… …

  • 108The People's Court — This article is about a US television program. For other similarly named entities, see People s Court (disambiguation). The People s Court Format Judicial Created by John Masterson Presented by …

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  • 109law*/*/*/ — [lɔː] noun 1) the law [singular] the system of rules that must be obeyed in society Failing to declare any extra income is against the law.[/ex] How can I bring my boyfriend into the country without breaking the law (= doing something that is not …

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  • 110take or pay — USA The provision in a contract between a seller and a buyer or, in a project finance transaction between the project company and the offtaker, that creates an unconditional obligation on the part of the buyer or offtaker to pay for a product or… …

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