 | French | English | |
 | dr. autorité {f} de la loi | force of the law | |
| Partial Matches |
| dr. suivre la lettre, sinon l'esprit, de la loi [loc.] | to respect the letter, if not the spirit, of the law [idiom] | |
| dr. respecter la loi à la lettre [loc.] | to follow the letter of the law [idiom] | |
| dr. le long bras {m} de la loi [loc.] | the long arm of the law [idiom] | |
| dr. respecter la loi à la lettre [loc.] | to abide by the letter of the law [idiom] | |
| dr. respecter la loi à la lettre [loc.] | to adhere to the letter of the law [idiom] | |
| dr. respecter la loi à la lettre [loc.] | to stick to the letter of the law [idiom] | |
| dr. naut. Tribunal {m} international du droit de la mer <TIDM> | International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea <ITLOS> | |
| dr. force {f} de loi | force of law | |
| la vie du commun des mortels [loc.] | the life of the man in the street [idiom] | |
| pol. C'est l'avenir du pays qui se joue. | The future of the country hangs in the balance. | |
| télécom. au bout du fil {adv} [fam.] | at the other end of the line [on the phone] | |
| pol. Ordre {m} de la Toison d'or | Distinguished Order of the Golden Fleece [Catholic order of chivalry founded by the Duke of Burgundy in 1430. Today, 2 branches of the order exist, namely the Spanish and the Austrian Fleece ] | |
| Au royaume des aveugles, les borgnes sont rois. [loc.] | In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king. [idiom] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} de la Bérézina [1812] [aussi : passage de la Bérézina ou bataille de Borissov] | Battle of (the) Berezina [1812] [also: Battle of Beresina] [final conflict in Napoleon's retreat from Moscow. The Russians inflicted heavy losses on the French but the outcome was not decisive] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de l'Allia [387] | Battle of the Allia [387] [the Senones, a Gallic tribe. routed the Romans and sacked Rome] | |
| hist. mil. pol. Le traité {m} de Tournai [1385] | The Peace of Tournai [1385, between the Burgundian Duke Philip II and the rebellious city of Ghent] | |
| au mépris des lois {adv} | regardless of the law | |
| dr. maréchaussée {f} [hum.] | guardian of the law | |
| dr. entorse {f} à la loi | infringement of the law | |
| droit {m} du plus fort | law of the jungle | |
| loi {f} du plus fort | law of the jungle | |
| dr. naut. droit {m} maritime | law of the sea | |
| philos. loi {f} du plus fort | law of the strongest | |
| dr. lettre {f} de la loi | letter of the law | |
| dr. occup. auxiliaire {m} de justice | representative of the law | |
| dr. carences {f.pl} de la loi | shortcomings of the law | |
| dr. esprit {m} de la loi | spirit of the law | |
| hist. pol. Banquet {m} du Vœu du faisan [1454] | Banquet of the Oath of the Pheasant [in 1454, the Duke of Burgundy gave this banquet to promote a Crusade (which never took place) against the Turks who had just taken Constantinople] | |
| arts hist. mil. monument {m} de la Bataille des Nations | Monument to the Battle of the Nations [commemorates the defeat of Napoleon's French army at Leipzig in 1813] | |
| dr. occup. auxiliaire {f} de justice | representative of the law [female] | |
| avoir des démêlés avec la justice | to fall foul of the law | |
| dr. entrer en conflit avec la loi | to fall foul of the law | |
| math. principe {m} du tiers exclu | law of the excluded middle | |
| math. principe {m} du tiers exclu | law of the excluded third | |
| math. loi {f} du logarithme itéré | law of the iterated logarithm | |
| relig. chute {f} originelle | the Fall of Man [also: the fall of Adam, or simply the Fall] | |
| dr. pol. État {m} de droit | state under the rule of law | |
| dr. Nul n'est censé ignorer la loi. | Ignorance of the law is no excuse. | |
| phys. loi {f} de conservation du nombre leptonique | law of conservation of the lepton number | |
| auto bicyc. déporter qn./qc. [voiture, vélo] | to force sb./sth. out of the way [e.g. car, bicycle] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. siège {m} de Québec [1759] | Battle of the Plains of Abraham [1759] [also: Battle of Quebec] [deciding moment in the conflict between France and Britain over the fate of New France, influencing the later creation of Canada] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} des champs Catalauniques [451] [aussi: bataille de Campus Mauriacus] | Battle of the Catalaunian Plains [451] [Western Roman Empire defeated the Hunnic Empire] [also: Battle of the Campus Mauriacus] | |
| hist. pol. traité {f} de Vereeniging [1902] | Treaty of Vereeniging [1902] [ended the Second Boer War between the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, on the one side, and the United Kingdom on the other] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de Patay [1429] | Battle of Patay [in 1429, the culminating engagement of the Loire Campaign of the 100 Years' War, when the French cavalry inflicted a severe defeat on the English.] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Hochstett [1704] [aussi : bataille de Blenheim ou deuxième bataille de Höchstädt] | Battle of Blenheim [1704] [major battle of the War of the Spanish Succession when the overwhelming Allied victory ensured the safety of Vienna from the Franco-Bavarian army] | |
| hist. mil. relig. bataille {f} du Champ du Sang [1119] [aussi : bataille de l'Ager Sanguinis] | Battle of the Field of Blood [1119] [also: Battle of Ager Sanguinis, Battle of Sarmada, or the Battle of Balat] [Crusader army annihilated by the army of the Artuqid ruler of Aleppo] | |
| hist. mil. naut. bataille {f} du Solent [1545] [aussi : bataille du Portsmouth] | Battle of the Solent [1545] [inconclusive engagement (during the Italian Wars) between the fleets of Francis I of France and Henry VIII of England] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} des Deux-Roses | War of the Roses [series of civil wars in England between 1455 and 1487, when the House of Lancaster and the House of York fought for control of the throne of England] | |
| jusqu'au bout du monde {adv} | to the ends of the earth | |
