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Law and order

//lɔ.ən(d)ˈoɹdɚ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The principles under which the world and its components operate. dated, obsolete, uncountable

    "For, as in all Monarchies, it is the Law and Order of God Almighty that Subjects receive from, and not give unto their Soveraigne Lawes"

  2. 2
    The strict enforcement of law, statutes, and social conventions. uncountable

    "The government’s default approach to labor disputes has been to treat them as a threat to law and order. After a widely reported miners’ strike in the northeastern city of Shuangyashan in 2016, for example, the Public Security Bureau arrested 30 people for what it called serious criminal charges."

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