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1 official rule/rules

ADJ. administrative, case, civil, common, constitutional, contract, criminal, international, statute, etc. (see also martial law)

VERB + LAW become Parliament voted for the bill to become law. | enforce, uphold It's the job of the police to enforce the law. | obey, observe | break, flout, violate | adopt, enact, pass | annul, repeal | interpret Judges interpret this law in different ways.

LAW + VERB allow sth, forbid sth, prohibit sth The law forbids gambling of any kind. | permit sth | require sth The wearing of a crash helmet is required by law. | govern sth the law governing school attendance

LAW + NOUN court | enforcement

PREP. above the

No one is above the law. | against the

What you did was clearly against the law. | by

By law, you are obliged to install smoke alarms in the factory. | within the

The company is operating entirely within the law. |

against a local law against keeping horses |

concerning the law concerning industrial action ballots |

on A law on hunting will cause a lot of disagreements. |

relating to the law relating to the sale of goods

PHRASES as the law stands As the law stands, you can get married while still too young to have a driving licence. | law and order Martial law was imposed to prevent the breakdown of law and order. | the letter of the law In spite of the difficulties it would cause her family, the judge stuck to the letter of the law and jailed her. | take the law into your own hands When police failed to arrest the suspect, local people took the law into their own hands and beat him up.

2 subject of study/profession

VERB + LAW practise

LAW + NOUN firm

of study do, read, study

is more commonly used with school subjects (but may also be used with university subjects): She did maths, physics and chemistry at school.

study

is used with both school and university subjects: He studied German at school. She went on to study mathematics at university.

read

is only used with university subjects and is quite formal: She was educated privately and at Pembroke College, where she read classics.

lecture in, teach

He taught music at a school in Edinburgh.

Other verbs used with subject can also be used with particular subjects of study: Half the students take geography at A level. We offer accounting as a subsidiary course.

degree, a degree/diploma in

a law degree a higher diploma in fine art

class, course, lecture, lesson The genetics lectures are on a different campus.

department, a/the department of

All enquiries should be made to the Department of Architecture.

graduate, student, undergraduate Some architecture graduates gain further qualifications in specialist fields.