Meaning of law and order | Babel Free
/lɔ.ən(d)ˈoɹdɚ/Definitions
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The principles under which the world and its components operate. dated, obsolete, uncountable
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The strict enforcement of law, statutes, and social conventions. uncountable
Equivalents
Deutsch
öffentliche Ordnung
Español
orden público
Suomi
laki ja järjestys
Français
ordre public
Русский
обще́ственный поря́док
Tiếng Việt
an ninh trật tự
Examples
“For, as in all Monarchies, it is the Law and Order of God Almighty that Subjects receive from, and not give unto their Soveraigne Lawes”
“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.”
“Neither do Law and Order agree in the reciprocation of Names only, but also in their Natures. Hence Plato oft useth them promiscuously one for the other, and joins them together as exegetic each of other.”
“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.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.