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
He read carefully in common law, French law, and international law; procured a common-place book, and wrote out tables of English kings and lord-chancellors, sketches of lawyers, and definitions and incidents from Blackstone.
From Famous American Statesmen by Bolton, Sarah Knowles
Although other acts of the legislature at that time are still good law, French jurists do not appeal to the great constitutional law of June 24 and August 10, 1793.
From Lectures on the French Revolution by Figgis, John Neville
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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