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APPLY LAW [1 record]

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Record 1 2022-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Courts
  • Federal Administration
  • Special-Language Phraseology
OBS

To compel observance of or obedience to.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tribunaux
  • Administration fédérale
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

Ces lois portèrent au degré suprême le dilemme devant lequel est placé le juge appelé à appliquer une loi qui moralement lui répugne.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tribunales
  • Administración federal
  • Fraseología de los lenguajes especializados
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