abide by »
To accept a decision or law and act in accordance with it; to conform to; to acquiesce; as, to abide by an award.
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above the law »
Exempt from the laws that apply to everyone else.
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Adds up »
To enhance. " lawofattraction.com">Law of attraction adds up to the success in life."
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barrel »
The quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies for different articles and also in different places for the same article, being regulated by custom or by law. A barrel of wine is 31 1/2 gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds; of beer 31 gallons; of ale 32 gallons; of crude oil 42 gallons.
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bring back »
To reenact an old rule or law.
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bring in »
To introduce a new rule, law, or system of organisation.
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bring in »
To return a verdict in a court of law.
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broken vessel »
A person who is destroyed or forgotten, or who feels flawed or broken.
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crack down on »
To enforce laws or punish more vigilantly.
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devil's advocate »
A canon lawyer appointed by the Church to argue against the canonization of the proposed candidate.
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don't shit where you eat »
(idiomatic, vulgar) One should not cause trouble in a place, group, or situation in which one regularly finds oneself.1998 April 14, Nelson Navarro, "Ever faithful, ever true," Manila Standard (Philippines) (retrieved 12 Aug. 2011):The guiding principle is Don't shit where you eat. Office romances are always destructive of morale and objectivity.2003 Oct. 8, Jonathan Valania, "Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Pussy," Philadelphia Weekly (retrieved 12 Aug. 2011):Limbaugh was scheduled to deliver the keynote speech at the NAB convention in, of all places, Philadelphia, thus violating the cardinal law of the animal kingdom: Don't shit where you eat.2006 Sept. 19, Michael Musto, "NY Mirror," Village Voice (retrieved 12 Aug. 2011):Mitchell refused to indulge in on-set romances with either gender. "You don't shit where you eat," he told me, plainly.
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fly-by-night »
One who departs or flees at night in order to avoid creditors, law enforcement etc. .
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get one's claws into »
Have a controlling influence over.
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give me liberty or give me death »
A set-phrase indicating enormous displeasure at any over-authoritarian policy or law.
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head and shoulders »
"He was head and shoulders above the others in the law firm.".
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