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loi [lwa]feminine noun* * *lwavoter/abroger une loi — to pass/to repeal a law
2) ( corps de textes)mettre quelqu'un/quelque chose hors la loi — to outlaw somebody/something
tomber sous le coup de la loi — to be ou constitute an offence [BrE]
faire la loi — fig to lay down the law
3) ( principe) law4) ( convention) ruleloi du silence — ( règle de conduite) code of silence; ( pour protéger) conspiracy of silence
•Phrasal Verbs:* * *lwa nf1)2) (= règle, décret individuel) lawC'est une loi injuste. — It's an unjust law.
appliquer une loi — to enforce a law, to apply a law
4) (scientifique) law5) (domination) domination* * *loi nf1 Jur ( règle) law (sur on; contre against); adopter/voter/abroger une loi to adopt/pass/repeal a law; obéir aux lois to obey the law; être au-dessus des lois to be above the law; se faire une loi de faire to make it a rule for oneself to do;2 ( corps de lois) la loi the law; enfreindre la loi to break the law; respecter la loi to respect the law; appliquer la loi to administer ou apply the law; avoir la loi pour soi to have the law on one's side; subir la loi de qn to be ruled by sb; d'après la loi française under French law; c'est la loi du plus fort qui règne ici the law of the strongest prevails here; mettre qn/qch hors la loi to outlaw sb/sth; tomber sous le coup de la loi to be ou constitute an offenceGB; faire la loi fig to lay down the law;3 ( principe) aussi Sci law; lois physiques/économiques laws of physics/economics; les lois de la nature/gravitation the laws of nature/gravity; les lois du marché the laws of the free market; c'est la loi des séries things always happen in a row;4 ( convention) rule; les lois de l'hospitalité the rules of hospitality; la loi du milieu the law of the underworld; la loi du silence ( règle de conduite) code of silence; ( pour protéger) conspiracy of silence.loi d'amnistie act granting amnesty to some offenders; loi communautaire UE community law; loi de composition Math law of composition; loi constitutionnelle constitutional law; loi divine divine law; loi électorale electoral law; loi de finances finance act GB ou bill US; loi de la jungle law of the jungle; loi martiale martial law; loi de l'offre et de la demande Écon the law of supply and demand; loi d'orientation framework law; loi sur la presse legislation preventing monopoly of the press; loi de programme Fin finance act; lois d'exception emergency legislation; ⇒ nécessité.[lwa] nom fémininA.1. [règles publiques] lawloi de 1948former law protecting tenants from unreasonable rent increases (rental on properties which still fall under this law is often extremely low)loi de finances budget ou appropriation billloi d'orientationact laying down the basic principles for government action in a given fielddans ce cas-là, c'est la loi du talion (figuré) in that case, it's an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth)3. [légalité]B.1. [devoir] ruleles lois de l'hospitalité/du savoir-vivre the rules of hospitality/etiquetteC.tenir quelqu'un/un pays sous sa loi to rule somebody/a countrydicter ou imposer sa loi, faire la loi to lay down the lawl'équipe de Bordeaux a dicté ou imposé sa loi à celle de Marseille Bordeaux dominated Marseillesla loi de la jungle/du silence the law of the jungle/of silenceD. [principe] lawla loi de la gravitation universelle ou de la pesanteur ou de la chute des corps the law of gravity -
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n. m. Le milieu: The French underworld. (Strange as it may seem, the word has no real pejorative connotation and is accepted by members of the criminal fraternity as an almost complimentary appellation.)
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