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The doctrine that no individual is above the law and that everyone must answer to it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: capitalized, often, uncountable
Topics: law
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The maxim whereby governmental decisions are made by applying known legal principles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: law
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rule, law.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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a state of order in which events conform to the law
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: order
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Across languages
Translations
41 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Asturian:
estáu de derechu
— the doctrine that no individual is above the law
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Azerbaijani:
qanunun aliliyi
— the doctrine that no individual is above the law
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Belarusian:
вяршэнства закону
(vjaršenstva zakónu)
— the doctrine that no individual is above the law
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Belarusian:
вяршэнства права
(vjaršenstva prava)
— the doctrine that no individual is above the law
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Bulgarian:
върховенство на закона
(vǎrhovenstvo na zakona)
— the doctrine that no individual is above the law
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Catalan:
imperi de la llei
— the doctrine that no individual is above the law
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Catalan:
estat de dret
— the doctrine that no individual is above the law
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Chinese Mandarin:
法治
(fǎzhì)
— the doctrine that no individual is above the law
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Czech:
právní stát
— the doctrine that no individual is above the law
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Finnish:
laillisuusperiaate
— the doctrine that no individual is above the law
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French:
État de droit
— the doctrine that no individual is above the law
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Galician:
estado de dereito
— the doctrine that no individual is above the law
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Georgian:
კანონის უზენაესობა
(ḳanonis uzenaesoba)
— the doctrine that no individual is above the law
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Georgian:
სამართლის უზენაესობა
(samartlis uzenaesoba)
— the doctrine that no individual is above the law
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Georgian:
სამართლისა და კანონის უზენაესობის პრინციპი
(samartlisa da ḳanonis uzenaesobis ṗrinciṗi)
— the doctrine that no individual is above the law
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German:
Rechtstaatlichkeit
— the doctrine that no individual is above the law
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German:
Rechtsstaat
— the doctrine that no individual is above the law
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Hebrew:
שלטון החוק
(shiltón hakhók)
— the doctrine that no individual is above the law
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Hungarian:
joguralom
— the doctrine that no individual is above the law
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Indonesian:
supremasi hukum
— the doctrine that no individual is above the law
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Irish:
forlámhas an dlí
— the doctrine that no individual is above the law
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Japanese:
法の支配
(hō no shihai)
— the doctrine that no individual is above the law
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Kazakh:
заң билігі
(zañ bilıgı)
— the doctrine that no individual is above the law
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Khmer:
នីតិរដ្ឋ
(ni teh roth)
— the doctrine that no individual is above the law
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Korean:
법치
(beopchi)
— the doctrine that no individual is above the law
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Korean:
법치주의
(beopchijuui)
— the doctrine that no individual is above the law
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Polish:
praworządność
— the doctrine that no individual is above the law
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Romanian:
stat de drept
— the doctrine that no individual is above the law
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Russian:
верхове́нство пра́ва
(verxovénstvo práva)
— the doctrine that no individual is above the law
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Russian:
верхове́нство зако́на
(verxovénstvo zakóna)
— the doctrine that no individual is above the law
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Russian:
но́рма пра́ва
(nórma práva)
— the doctrine that no individual is above the law
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Spanish:
imperio de la ley
— the doctrine that no individual is above the law
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Spanish:
Estado de derecho
— the doctrine that no individual is above the law
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Swedish:
rättsstat
— the doctrine that no individual is above the law
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Tajik:
волоияти қонун
(voloyiyat-i qonun)
— the doctrine that no individual is above the law
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Thai:
นิติธรรม
(ní-dtì-tam)
— the doctrine that no individual is above the law
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Ukrainian:
верхове́нство пра́ва
(verxovénstvo práva)
— the doctrine that no individual is above the law
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Vietnamese:
pháp quyền
— the doctrine that no individual is above the law
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Hungarian:
jogállam
— the maxim whereby governmental decisions are made by applying known legal principles
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Hungarian:
jogállamiság
— the maxim whereby governmental decisions are made by applying known legal principles
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Polish:
praworządność
— the maxim whereby governmental decisions are made by applying known legal principles