First recorded in 1635–45
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By law French police are allowed to shoot in five instances following a 2017 change in the law.
From BBC • Jun. 30, 2023
Macron signs counterterrorism law: French President Emmanuel Macron has signed a sweeping counterterrorism law that replaces a two-year-old state of emergency.
From Washington Post • Oct. 30, 2017
Brace had said the terms were Latin; he presumed that his Latin was like his law; he thought it was old law French.
From Bart Ridgeley A Story of Northern Ohio by Riddle, A. G.
Tell my father, that I shall soon come to talking law Latin and law French.
From Tales and Novels — Volume 07 by Edgeworth, Maria
Boys at school were expected to turn their Latin into French, and in the courts of law French only was allowed to be spoken.
From A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow
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