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Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2009 Oxford University Press:
law /lɔː/ noun
- (noncountable) (body of rules) loi f;
to be against the ~ être contraire à la loi fml, être interdit;
the ~ of the land la législation du pays;
under Italian ~ d'après la loi italienne;
by ~ conformément à la loi;
it's required by ~ c'est obligatoire légalement;
the bill became ~ yesterday le projet de loi a été adopté hier;
court of ~ cour f de justice;
to take the ~ into one's own hands faire justice soi-même;
- Jur (rule) loi f;
a ~ against sth une loi interdisant qch;
the ~s on sth les lois sur qch;
there ought to be a ~ against it ça devrait être interdit;
- (scientific principle) loi f;
- (familier)(police) police f;
- (academic subject) droit m;
to study ~ faire son droit.
IDIOMS:
to be a ~ unto oneself être un peu original;
to lay down the ~ dicter or imposer sa loi.
to lay down the ~ dicter or imposer sa loi.
law : law-abiding ~-abiding adjective respectueux/-euse des lois;
law and order ~ and order noun ordre m public;
lawbreaker ~breaker noun personne f qui enfreint la loi;
law-breaking ~-breaking noun violation(s) f(pl) de la loi;
law court ~ court nountribunal m;
law enforcement agency ~ enforcement agency noun US organisme m responsable du maintien de l'ordre;
law enforcement officer ~ enforcement officer noun US personne f responsable du maintien de l'ordre;
law faculty ~ faculty noun faculté f de droit.
law and order ~ and order noun ordre m public;
lawbreaker ~breaker noun personne f qui enfreint la loi;
law-breaking ~-breaking noun violation(s) f(pl) de la loi;
law court ~ court nountribunal m;
law enforcement agency ~ enforcement agency noun US organisme m responsable du maintien de l'ordre;
law enforcement officer ~ enforcement officer noun US personne f responsable du maintien de l'ordre;
law faculty ~ faculty noun faculté f de droit.
law : Law Lord noun GB juge m (siégeant à la Chambre des Lords);
lawman ~man noun US policier m.
lawman ~man noun US policier m.
law : law school ~ school nounfaculté f de droit;
lawsuit ~suit nounprocès m.
lawsuit ~suit nounprocès m.
'law' found in these Oxford entries:
English:
abolish
- abolition
- abortion
- accordance
- according
- against
- alteration
- amend
- amendment
- annul
- applicable
- application
- assess
- assessment
- average
- bachelor
- background
- basic
- become
- bill
- bind
- breach
- break
- breaking
- brother-in-law
- by
- bypass
- changeless
- circumvent
- civil
- come
- commercial law
- common
- company
- compliance
- contravention
- corporate
- court
- cover
- criminal
- daughter-in-law
- decide
- defy
- disobey
- disregard
- draft
- encounter
- enforce
- eye
- father
French:
aînesse
- aller
- année
- apothéose
- après
- avocat
- avoué
- beauf
- beau-fils
- beau-frère
- beau-parent
- beau-papa
- beau-père
- belle-fille
- belle-mère
- belle-sœur
- bru
- cadre
- canon
- canonique
- carence
- censé
- Comité d'entreprise
- concilier
- concubin
- conformité
- contravention
- dehors
- démêlé
- devant
- diplômé
- docteur
- droit
- en
- exiger
- exister
- force
- gendarme
- gendre
- gravitation
- illégalité
- infraction
- juridique
- jurisprudence
- justice
- légalité
- législateur
- licence
- loi
- marge
law: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2012
| Principal Translations/Principales traductions | |||
| law | n | (government laws) | loi nf |
| législation nf | |||
| It is against the law to steal. | |||
| Voler est contraire à la loi (or: Voler est illégal). | |||
| Voler est contraire à la législation en vigueur (or: Voler est illégal). | |||
| law | n | (body of rules in general) | loi nf |
| You should always follow the law. | |||
| Il faut toujours respecter la loi. | |||
| law | n | (science) physique | loi nf |
| The law of gravity has been proven. | |||
| La loi de la gravité a été démontrée. | |||
| Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires | |||
| law | n | (a rule) | règle nf |
| The law is that you cannot go through a red traffic light. | |||
| La règle est que l'on doit s'arrêter quand le feu rouge. | |||
| law | n | (subset of the body of rules) | droit nm |
| His speciality is contract law. | |||
| Il est spécialisé dans le droit des affaires. | |||
| law | n | (authority, obedience) | règle nf |
| She laid down the law. | |||
| C'est elle qui faisait les règles. | |||
| law | n | (as a subject of study) | droit nm |
| He studied law and became a lawyer. | |||
| Il a étudié le droit et est devenu avocat. | |||
| law | n | (legal profession) | droit nm |
| avocat nm | |||
| She practices law and has many clients. | |||
| Elle exerce le droit est a beaucoup de clients. | |||
| Elle est avocate et a beaucoup de clients. | |||
| law | n | colloquial (police) | police nf |
| représentant de la loi nm | |||
| The fugitive avoided the law for sixty days before he was caught. | |||
| Le fugitif a fui la police pendant soixante jours avant d'être attrapé. | |||
| Le fugitif a fui les représentants de la loi pendant soixante jours avant d'être attrapé. | |||
| law | n | (written law) | droit nm |
| loi nf | |||
| This is against common law and written law. | |||
| Cela est contraire au droit coutumier et au droit codifié. | |||
| Cela est contraire à la common Law et à la loi écrite. | |||
| law | n | (litigation) | justice nf |
| tribunal nm | |||
| I will go to law over this matter. | |||
| Je porterai cette affaire devant la justice. | |||
| Je porterai cette affaire devant les tribunaux. | |||
| law | n | (voluntary regulation) | loi nf |
| The press has its own set of unwritten laws. | |||
| La presse a ses propres lois. | |||
| law | n | (God's law) | loi nf |
| God's laws are different from government's laws. | |||
| Les lois de Dieu sont différentes de celles du gouvernement. | |||
| law | n | (first five books of the Bible) | loi nf |
| The Law is also called the Torah and the Pentateuch. | |||
| La Loi est également appelée la Torah et le Pentateuque. | |||
| Report an error | |||
law: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2012
| Compound Forms/Formes composées | |||
| above the law | adj | (not legally accountable) | au-dessus des lois loc adv |
| Many polititians think that they are above the law, and should not be punished for any wrong doing. | |||
| Les chefs d'État sont-ils au dessus des lois ? | |||
| according to law | adv | (in agreement with law) | conformément à la loi adv |
| selon la loi | |||
| d'après la loi adv | |||
| admiralty law | loi maritime | ||
| against the law | adj | (illegal) | illégal adj |
| Smoking marijuana is against the law. | |||
| Vendre de la marijuana est illégal. | |||
| against the law | adv | (illegally) | illégalement adv |
| He was driving against the law as he had just guzzled down seven pints of beer. | |||
| en infraction | |||
| Il était en infraction conduisant après avoir bu sept whiskys. | |||
| air law | droit aérien | ||
| arm of the law | le bras de la justice nm | ||
| attorney-at-law | n | (lawyer) | avocat nm |
| Note: Lawyer is the term more often used in everyday speech. | |||
| Most lawyers use the more formal title "Attorney-at-law" on their business cards. | |||
| barrister-at-law | GB conseiller juridique | avocat nm | |
| basic law | (politics) politique | loi fondamentale nf | |
| body of law | code nm | ||
| breach of law | abus de droit | ||
| break the law | v | (do sth illegal, commit a crime) | enfreindre la loi loc v |
| Every time you buy a pirated DVD, you are breaking the law. | |||
| violer la loi loc v | |||
| Tu peux télécharger des vidéos ou de la musique sans pour autant violer la loi, il suffit d'aller sur les bons sites. | |||
| brother-in-law | n | (brother of one's spouse) | beau-frère nm |
| Je m'entends bien avec mon beau-frère. | |||
| brother-in-law | n | (husband of one's sister) | beau-frère nm |
| Je m'entends bien avec mon beau-frère. | |||
| brothers-in-law | beaux-frères nmpl | ||
| building law | code de la construction | ||
| building law | code de construction | ||
| business law | droit commercial | ||
| business law | droit des affaires | ||
| by law | adv | (legally) | selon la loi adv |
| By law, in England the minimum age for buying alcholic beverages is eighteen. | |||
| by-law | règlement nm | ||
| canon law | n | (Christian church law) | droit canonique, droit canon nm |
| case law | n | (law of precedent) | jurisprudence nf |
| civil law | droit civil | ||
| civil-law | droit civil | ||
| civil-law | de droit civil | civiliste adj | |
| commercial law | n | (laws governing business practices) | droit commercial nm |
| The law firm I work for specializes in business and commercial law. | |||
| common law, common-law | n | (informal but recognized status) | concubins nmpl |
| Note: hyphen used when term is an adj before a noun | |||
| Though they never married, they lived together long enough to be considered common-law partners. | |||
| common law husband or wife | GB partenaire officiel | concubin nmf | |
| common-law, common law | adj | (unofficial, not formalized) | officieux adj |
| Note: hyphen used when term is a noun or an adj before a noun | |||
| common-law marriage | n | (partnership not formalized by marriage ceremony) | concubinage nm |
| When a common law marriage exists, the spouses receive the same legal treatment given to legally married couples | |||
| common-law wife | n | (woman in a partnership not formalized by marriage) | concubine nf |
| John had more than one common-law wife, though he was never married. | |||
| commutative law | loi | commutation nf | |
| comparative law | n | (study of different legal systems) | droit comparé nm |
| constitutional law | n | (law related to constitution) | droit constitutionnel nm |
| corporation law | droit des sociétés | ||
| counsellor-at-law | avocat nm | ||
| counselors-at-law | avocates nfpl | ||
| counselors-at-law | avocats nmpl | ||
| court of law | n | (law court, place where trials take place) | tribunal nm |
| That argument would not be acceptable in a court of law. | |||
| cour de justice nf | |||
| court of law | n | (trial, legal proceedings) | procès nm |
| procédure judiciaire nf | |||
| cousin-in-law | n | (spouse of one's cousin) | cousin par alliance nm |
| I'd like you to meet my new cousin-in law, Estelle. | |||
| Je te présente Jimmy, qui est mon cousin par alliance, depuis son mariage avec ma cousine Anna. | |||
| criminal law | droit criminel | ||
| criminal law | droit pénal | ||
| daughter-in-law | n | (wife of one's son) | belle-fille nf |
| Their daughter-in-law's nonchalant manner infuriated me. | |||
| Sa mère s'entend incroyablement bien avec sa belle-fille. | |||
| vieilli | bru nf | ||
| Ils s'entendent très mal avec leur bru. | |||
| daughters-in-law | belles-filles nfpl | ||
| daughters-in-law | brus | ||
| distributive law | mathematics mathématique | distributivité nf | |
| domestic relations law | le droit familial nm | ||
| ecclesiastical law | loi ecclésiastique | ||
| employment law | n | (rules governing working practices) | droit du travail nm |
| father-in-law | n | (male parent of one's spouse) | beau-père nm |
| My father-in-law treats me like his own daughter. | |||
| father-in-law | n | (father of one's husband or wife) | beau-père nm |
| I have a very good relationship with my wife's family, especially with my father-in-law. | |||
| Je m'entends bien avec la famille de ma femme, surtout avec mon beau-père. | |||
| first law of thermodynamics | premier principe de la thermodynamique nm | ||
| fundamental law | droit fondamental | ||
| fundamental law | loi Fondamentale, comme la Constitution d'un | ||
| gas law | (physics) physique | théorie des gaz nf | |
| hand sb over to the law | déférer qqn à la justice v | ||
| in the eyes of the law | adv | (legally) | au regard de la loi expr |
| In eyes of the law, a person is innocent until proven guilty. | |||
| Au regard de la loi, vous n'êtes pas victime de harcèlement de la part de votre employeur. | |||
| aux yeux de la loi expr | |||
| Aux yeux de la loi, une personne est innocente jusqu'à ce qu'elle soit condamnée. | |||
| in violation of law | adv | (against the law) | contraire à la loi loc adv |
| Ce n'est pas contraire à la loi de fumer dans sa voiture. | |||
| in-law | n | (family member by marriage) | belle-famille nf |
| Last year we spent Christmas with my in-laws. | |||
| L'année passée, j'ai fêté Noël dans ma belle-famille. | |||
| in-law | adj | (related by marriage) | beau- loc adv |
| I'm as fond of my brother-in-law as I am of my own brother and sister. | |||
| J'aime beaucoup mon beau-frère, mais par contre, je n'aime pas ma belle-sœur. | |||
| inverse square law | (Physics) Physique | loi de l'inverse des carrés nm | |
| Islamic law | n | (Muslim code of conduct) | loi islamique nf |
| Islamic law prohibits the consumption of pork and all intoxicants, such as alcohol. | |||
| La loi islamique préconise le bon traitement des animaux. | |||
| charia nf | |||
| La vie dans les pays musulmans est régie par la charia. | |||
| land law | loi foncière | ||
| land-law | droit foncier nm | ||
| law and order | ordre public | ||
| law centre | centre de Loi | ||
| law code | loi nf | ||
| law court | cour de justice | ||
| law enforcement agency | US | agence du maintien de l'ordre | |
| law enforcement agent | US | agent du maintien de l'ordre | |
| law firm | cabinet d'avocat | ||
| law of averages | loi des probabilités | ||
| law of conservation of energy | loi des économies d'énergies | ||
| law of cosines | loi des cosinus nf | ||
| law of gravitation | loi de la pesanteur | ||
| law of large numbers | loi des grands nombres | ||
| law of Moses, Law of Moses | n | (ancient Hebrew law) | loi mosaïque nf |
| All good Jews follow the law of Moses. | |||
| Tout juif pratiquant doit observer la loi mosaïque. | |||
| law of motion | loi du mouvement | ||
| law of nations | loi des nations | ||
| law of nature | loi de la nature | ||
| law of the jungle | n | (survival of the strongest) | loi de la jungle nm |
| By the law of the jungle, the lion is king. | |||
| Selon la loi de la jungle, le lion est roi. | |||
| law of the land | loi foncière | ||
| law of thermodynamics | n | (physics: law relating heat and mechanical energy) | principe de la thermodynamique nm |
| One of the laws of thermodynamics maintains that it is impossible to cool something to the temperature of absolute zero. | |||
| Le premier principe de la thermodynamique fait référence à la conservation d'énergie des systèmes. | |||
| law office | cabinet d'avocat | ||
| law school | n | (university where law is taught) | faculté de droit nf |
| He graduated from law school. | |||
| Après trois années en faculté de droit, il part enfin en stage chez un ténor du barreau. | |||
| law student | n | (sb who studies legal system) | étudiant en droit nm |
| law-abiding | adj | (obeying the law) | respectueux de la loi adj |
| He was a law-abiding citizen who never did anything wrong. | |||
| law-book | livre de droit nm | ||
| Report an error | |||
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Forums WR : discussions dont le titre comprend le mot(s) "law".
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"law reports"
"Nous" in research proposal in law
"students of law in France will study non-legal subjects to contextualise their... "
"that whatever positive or customary law has emerged..."
A law that bans smoking
A law was passed
a law which has just been passed
a motion filed on the basis of the financial law for 2008
A much-decried law
a new law could be passed
a student needs not only a masters in law but also a Certificate in Legal Aptitude
above the law
According to Italian national law = dans / selon ?
Act (passed law)
advocacy law
Affidavit (Common law)
against the law.
all warranties and representations are hereby excluded to the extent permitted by law
annals of the law
Another part of the law
anti-tobacco law
Any changes to the current law
any common-law partner is entitled to share equally with any surviving heirs
Application (common law)
arbitrary, capricious (law)
articles - law
arts/law degree
at law or in equity
Attorneys At Law
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"law reports"
"Nous" in research proposal in law
"students of law in France will study non-legal subjects to contextualise their... "
"that whatever positive or customary law has emerged..."
A law that bans smoking
A law was passed
a law which has just been passed
a motion filed on the basis of the financial law for 2008
A much-decried law
a new law could be passed
a student needs not only a masters in law but also a Certificate in Legal Aptitude
above the law
According to Italian national law = dans / selon ?
Act (passed law)
advocacy law
Affidavit (Common law)
against the law.
all warranties and representations are hereby excluded to the extent permitted by law
annals of the law
Another part of the law
anti-tobacco law
Any changes to the current law
any common-law partner is entitled to share equally with any surviving heirs
Application (common law)
arbitrary, capricious (law)
articles - law
arts/law degree
at law or in equity
Attorneys At Law
Suite...
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