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2 [stelsel van rechtsregels, ook religie] law4 [wetenschappelijk] [wetmatigheid] law♦voorbeelden:een ongeschreven wet • an unwritten ruleeen wet aannemen/goedkeuren • pass/enact a laween wet invoeren/afkondigen/uitvaardigen • enact/promulgate/constitute a lawde wet naleven/schenden/overtreden/ontduiken • abide by/violate/break/circumvent the lawde wet schrijft voor dat … • the law prescribes that …de wet toepassen • enforce the lawhet gerecht moet de wetten uitvoeren • the court has to execute the lawseen ontwerp dat wet moet worden • a bill which has to become lawde wet zegt dat … • it is the law that …conform de wet • lawful, legalin overeenstemming met de wet • in accordance with lawvolgens de wet is het een misdaad • it's a crime before the law2 naar de letter/naar de geest van de wet • according to the letter/spirit of the lawvolgens de Engelse wet • under English lawgeschreven wet • statute lawde Mozaïsche wet • Mosaic(al) lawwet is wet • the law is the lawgehoorzaam aan de wet • law-abidingbij de wet bepaald • regulated by lawboven de wet staan • be above the lawzich buiten de wet stellen • place oneself outside the lawdoor de wet verboden • prohibited/forbidden by lawingevolge de wet • under lawin strijd met/strijdig met de wet • unlawful, illegal, lawless, against the lawnaar wet en recht • according to law and justicevoor de wet trouwen • marry at a registry officevoor de wet is iedereen gelijk • everybody is equal before the laween wet van Meden en Perzen • a law of the Medes and Persians, a hard and fast rulemoeders wil is wet • mother's word is laween ijzeren wet • an iron lawde joodse/mohammedaanse wet • Jewish/Hebrew law, Islamic lawiemand de wet voorschrijven • lay down the law to someone -
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