law and order
UK/lɔː.ən(d)ˈɔːdə/US/lɔ.ən(d)ˈoɹdəɹ/
law and order noun: the principles under which the world and its components operate.
Noun
law and order (uncountable)
- The principles under which the world and its components operate.
- For, as in all Monarchies, it is the Law and Order of God Almighty that Subjects receive from, and not give unto their Soveraigne Lawes1653, John Allington, The Grand Conspiracy of the Members Against the Minde, page 13
- But all evill of punishment ariseth from evill of fault and this evill of fault is from the creature itself, breaking the Law and Order that God hath set to it.1659, William Ames, The Substance of Christian Religion, page 135
- The strict enforcement of law, statutes, and social conventions.
- The government’s default approach to labor disputes has been to treat them as a threat to law and order. After a widely reported miners’ strike in the northeastern city of Shuangyashan in 2016, for example, the Public Security Bureau arrested 30 people for what it called serious criminal charges.2018 April 2, Harvey Thomlinson, “China’s Communist Party Is Abandoning Workers”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Apr 2018, Opinion
law and order meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Vietnamese
law and order in Tamil
- சட்டமும் ஒழுங்கும், சட்டமும் ஓழுங்கும், சட்டம் ஒழுங்கு
law and order in Kannada
- ಕಾನೂನು ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ, ನ್ಯಾಯ ಪರಿಪಾಲನೆ ಮತ್ತು ಶಿಸ್ತು, ಶಾಸನ ಮತ್ತು ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ
law and order in Vietnamese
- enforcement of law, statutes and social conventions
- an ninh trật tự
Forms of law and order
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Questions about law and order
- What does law and order mean?
- Law and order means the principles under which the world and its components operate.
- What is law and order in Tamil?
- Law and order in Tamil is சட்டமும் ஒழுங்கும், சட்டமும் ஓழுங்கும், சட்டம் ஒழுங்கு. See Law and order meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is law and order?
- Law and order is a noun.
- How do you pronounce law and order?
- Law and order is pronounced /lɔ.ən(d)ˈoɹdəɹ/ (US).
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