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law
[lɔː]
sustantivo
1ley (f) (rule)
  • there's no law against it -> no hay ninguna ley que lo prohíba
  • the laws of gravity -> la ley de la gravedad
  • she is a law unto herself -> hace lo que le viene en gana or lo que le da la gana
  • there's one law for the rich and another for the poor -> hay una ley para el rico y otra para el pobre
2ley (f) (set of rules)
  • it's the law -> es la ley
  • to break the law -> quebrantar la ley
  • to be above the law -> estar por encima de la ley
  • you can't take the law into your own hands -> no te puedes tomar la justicia por tu mano
  • law and order -> el orden público
  • the problem of law and order -> la inseguridad ciudadana
  • law enforcement -> mantenimiento (m) de la ley y el orden
  • law firm -> bufete (m) de abogados
3derecho (m) (system of justice, subject)
  • to practice law -> ejercer la abogacía
  • law center -> servicio (m) público de asesoría jurídica (británico)
4(familiar)
  • the law -> la poli (police)

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law [la-vish-nes]
sustantivo
1Ley, regla y norma de conducta.
2Ley, constitución o estatuto.
3Ley, regla o principio convencional.
4Derecho.
  • According to law -> según derecho
  • Civil law -> derecho civil
5Litigio judicial entre partes.
6Jurisprudencia.
7(Bib.) Tora, libro de la ley judía.
8Ley de la naturaleza, la ocurrencia uniforme de los fenómenos, naturales de un mismo modo, bajo las mismas condiciones.
  • To go to law with one -> poner pleito a uno
  • To follow the law -> estudiar las leyes
  • Father, son, daughte -> o brother-in-law, suegro, yerno, nuera o cuñado
sustantivo
9Padre, hijo o hermano político, hija política. (Familiar) (m)
  • In point of law -> desde el punto de vista legal
  • Law of nations -> derecho internacional
  • Law of gravity -> la ley de la gravedad
  • To lay down the law -> hablar autoritariamente (Fig.) To take the law in one’s own hands, tomar la justicia por su mano
  • Law court -> tribunal de justicia

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law [lɔː]
noun
1 (piece of legislation) ley; (f)
new laws prohibit torture the law was passed on a second vote new laws on privacy
there's no law against itagainst no hay ley que lo prohíba
to [pass] a law
to be a law unto o.s. dictar sus propias leyes
pass
2 (system of laws)
The book analyses why women kill and how the law treats them there must be changes in the law to stop this sort of thing ever happening again under international law, diplomats living in foreign countries are exempt from criminal prosecution, diplomats living in foreign countries are exempt from criminal prosecution
the law la ley; it's the law es la ley
to be above the lawabove estar por encima de la ley
She seems to think she is above the law He considered himself above the law One opposition member of parliament accuses the government of wanting to be above the law
according to in accordance with the lawaccordingoraccordance según la ley; de acuerdo con la ley
[against] the law it is [against] the law to import these animals
the bill became law on 6 Augustbecame el proyecto de ley se hizo ley el 6 de agosto
On 31 July the Peerage Bill became law
by lawby por ley; de acuerdo con la ley
to be required by law to do sth estar obligado por (la) ley a hacer algo
Employers should be required by law to provide health insurance for their employees Every company must by law submit accounts annually... By law all restaurants must display their prices outside... Minicabs are prohibited by law from touting passers-by for business
civil/criminal lawcivilcriminal derecho civil/penal; (m)
I don't understand all the intricacies of company law... She's the Senate's expert on constitutional law... He was a professor of criminal law at Harvard University law school it is our duty to [enforce] the law The soldiers faced charges under military law.
in lawin según la ley
the law of the landland la ley vigente
That's the law of the land They broke the law of the land and had to face the consequences
officer of the lawofficer agente de la ley; (m)
the law on abortionon la legislación sobre el aborto
to change the law [on] abortion
law and orderorder el orden público
There were periods of civil war, unrest, and breakdown of law and order.
the forces of law and order las fuerzas del orden
he is outside the lawoutside está fuera de la ley
to have the law on one's sideside tener la justicia de su lado
to keep remain within the laworwithin obrar legalmente
It is important for pressure groups to remain within the law...
his word is lawword su palabra es ley
to lay down the law (informal) imponer su criterio; obrar autoritariamente
you needn't start laying down the law to me!
to take the law into one's own hands tomarse la justicia por su mano
3 (field of study) derecho; (m)
to study lawstudy estudiar derecho
4 (profession) abogacía; (f)
she is considering a career in lawcareer está pensando dedicarse a la abogacía
to practise lawpractise ejercer de abogado; ejercer la abogacía
5 (legal proceedings)
court of lawcourt tribunal de justicia; (m)
to go to lawgo recurrir a la justicia a los tribunales;or
If they won't agree to our terms, we'll have to go to law.
to take a case to lawtake llevar un caso ante los tribunales
6 (rule) [of organization, sport] regla; (f)
the laws of the game las reglas del juego
...the laws of the Church of England Match officials should not tolerate such behaviour but instead enforce the laws of the game
God's lawGod's la ley de Dios
The clergy were having an argument about God's law.
7 (standard) norma; (f)
inflexible moral laws children soon accept social laws
there seemed to be one law for the rich and another for the poor parecía haber unas normas para los ricos y otras para los pobres
8 (Sci) (Mat) ley; (f)
the second law of thermodynamics We need to have a good understanding of Newton's Laws before we study Einstein.
the laws of physics las leyes de la física
by the law of averagesaverages por la estadística; estadísticamente
On the law of averages we just can't go on losing and losing and losing
the law of gravitygravity la ley de la gravedad
the laws of [Nature]
the law of supply and demandsupply and demand la ley de la oferta y la demanda
nature
9 (informal) (police)
the law la policía
we'd better call the law
to have the law on sb denunciar a algn a la policía; llevar a algn a los tribunales
I'll [have] the law on you! If I catch you stealing again, I'll have the law on you! to be in/get into [trouble] with the law he had never been in trouble with the law before Few business people would admit to having been in trouble with the law
modifier
law court (n) tribunal de justicia; (m)
law enforcement (n) aplicación de la ley; (f)
Current efforts at law enforcement and the administration of criminal justice were considered hopelessly ineffective understanding the problem as social means that law enforcement and professional psychotherapy alone cannot provide solutions
law enforcement agency (n) organismo encargado de velar por el cumplimiento de la ley
law enforcement officer (n) especially (US) policía; (m)
Law Faculty (n) (Univ) facultad de Derecho; (f)
law firm (n) gabinete jurídico; (m) bufete de abogados; (m)
Law Lord (n) (Britain) (Pol) juez lor; (m)
the Law Lords jueces que son miembros de la Cámara de los Lores y constituyen el Tribunal Supremo
law reports (n) repertorio de jurisprudencia; (m)
law school (n) (US) facultad de derecho; (f)
law student (n) estudiante de derecho; (m)

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