law and order

Definitions

1. The principles under which the world and its components operate.
   dated, obsolete, uncountable
2. The strict enforcement of law, statutes, and social conventions.
   uncountable

Equivalents

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.”

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