law enforcement (noun)
31law — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English lagu, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse lǫg law; akin to Old English licgan to lie more at lie Date: before 12th century 1. a. (1) a binding custom or practice of a community ; a rule of …
32Drug Enforcement Administration — noun federal agency responsible for enforcing laws and regulations governing narcotics and controlled substances; goal is to immobilize drug trafficking organizations • Syn: ↑Drug Enforcement Agency, ↑DEA • Hypernyms: ↑law enforcement agency •… …
33Drug Enforcement Agency — noun federal agency responsible for enforcing laws and regulations governing narcotics and controlled substances; goal is to immobilize drug trafficking organizations • Syn: ↑Drug Enforcement Administration, ↑DEA • Hypernyms: ↑law enforcement… …
34martial law — noun Date: 1933 1. the law applied in occupied territory by the military authority of the occupying power 2. the law administered by military forces that is invoked by a government in an emergency when the civilian law enforcement agencies are… …
35John Law — noun A personification of law enforcement; a police officer …
36About-Picard law — The 2001 About Picard law [abu pika:r] (named after French parliament members Nicolas About and Catherine Picard), a piece of French legislation, broadly speaking, makes it possible to act against organisations (legal entities) when such… …
37federal public law — noun : the federal law as embodied in the rules, regulations, and decisions of public federal administrative agencies entrusted with the enforcement of various federal statutes as distinguished from the decisions of the federal courts… …
38Sanctions (law) — Sanctions are penalties or other means of enforcement used to provide incentives for obedience with the law, or with rules and regulations.[1] Criminal sanctions can take the form of serious punishment, such as corporal or capital punishment,… …
39competition law — UK US noun [U] ► LAW the laws that are intended to make sure that there is fair competition between businesses, for example by making rules to control monopolies: »In the debate on the enforcement of competition law, many take the view that… …
40Declaration (law) — In law, a declaration ordinarily refers to a judgment of the court or an award of an arbitration tribunal is a binding adjudication of the rights or other legal relations of the parties which does not provide for or order enforcement. Where the… …
