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noun
Anglo-French as used in legal proceedings and lawbooks in England from the Norman Conquest to the 17th century, some terms of which are still in use.
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Origin of law French
First recorded in 1635–45
Words nearby law French
law centre,
law clerk,
law court,
Lawes,
lawfare,
law French,
lawful,
lawgiver,
law-hand,
lawin,
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How to use law French in a sentence
Unless there is a court decision that changes our law, we are OK.
Submission is set in a France seven years from now that is dominated by a Muslim president intent on imposing Islamic law.
A few days later, Bush replied, “We will uphold the law in Florida.”
To those who agreed with him, Bush pledged that the law against same-sex marriage would remain intact.
As far as I can tell, this magazine spent as much time making fun of French politicians as it did of Muslims or Islam.
We should have to admit that the new law does little or nothing to relieve such a situation.
He that seeketh the law, shall be filled with it: and he that dealeth deceitfully, shall meet with a stumblingblock therein.
To Harrison and his wife there was no distinction between the executive and judicial branches of the law.
However, on reaching Spain, the magic of the Emperor's personality soon restored the vigour and prestige of the French arms.
Now this setting up of an orderly law-abiding self seems to me to imply that there are impulses which make for order.
British Dictionary definitions for law French
noun
a set of Anglo-Norman terms used in English laws and law books
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