 | French  | English | |
 | coutumier {adj} [loi] | unwritten [law] | |
| dr. opposable {adj} [loi : qu'on peut faire valoir] | enforceable | |
| Verbs |
| violer qc. [loi, règlement] | 2 to breach sth. | |
| dr. adopter qc. [motion, loi] | to carry sth. [motion, bill] | |
| dr. appliquer qc. [loi, règlement] | to apply sth. | |
| adm. pol. approuver qc. [projet de loi, décret] | to pass sth. | |
| bafouer qc. [règle, loi] | to make a mockery of sth. | |
| dr. relig. commenter qc. [loi, texte sacré] | to interpret sth. [e.g. a law, religious text] | |
| dr. relig. commenter qc. [loi, texte sacré] | to give an interpretation of sth. [e.g. a law, religious text] | |
| dr. contourner qc. [éluder - loi, difficulté] | to circumvent sth. | |
| dr. pol. déposer qc. [faire enregistrer] [projet de loi] | to introduce sth. [draft of new law] | |
| dr. pol. dépoussiérer qc. [fig.] [idéologie, loi, programme politique] | to revamp sth. | |
| détourner qc. [loi] | to twist sth. | |
| pol. discuter qc. [débattre - projet de loi] | to debate sth. | |
| dr. édicter qc. [loi] | to decree sth. | |
| dr. édicter qc. [loi] | to enact sth. | |
| dr. édicter qc. [loi] | to establish sth. [law] | |
| dr. édicter qc. [loi] | to issue sth. [law] | |
| dr. enfreindre qc. [loi] | to break sth. [e.g. a law] | |
| dr. enfreindre qc. [loi] | to disobey sth. [e.g. a law] | |
| dr. enfreindre qc. [loi] | to infringe sth. | |
| dr. enfreindre qc. [loi] | to offend against sth. [e.g. a law] | |
| instaurer qc. [loi, taxe, contrôle, usage] | to institute sth. | |
| invoquer qc. [clause, loi, circonstances, prétexte] | to invoke sth. | |
| pol. présenter qc. [proposition, projet de loi] | to introduce sth. [propose] | |
| dr. promulguer qc. [loi] | to announce sth. [make public] | |
| dr. promulguer qc. [loi] | to decree sth. | |
| dr. promulguer qc. [loi] | to promulgate sth. | |
| pol. rejeter qc. [motion, proposition, projet de loi] | to defeat sth. | |
| pol. rejeter qc. [projet de loi] | to vote sth. down [proposed law] | |
| sanctionner qc. [loi, usage, conduite] | to sanction sth. | |
| spécifier qc. [loi] | to stipulate sth. | |
| dr. supprimer qc. [loi] | to overturn sth. [law, ban, conviction] | |
| dr. pol. supprimer qc. [loi] | to strike down sth. [Am.] [law, rule] | |
| dr. pol. voter qc. [loi] | to pass sth. [a law] | |
| Nouns |
| rigueur {f} [sanction, loi, personne] | 19 strictness | |
| dr. promulgation {f} [d'une loi] | 3 enactment | |
| dr. pol. annulation {f} [de sanction, loi] | repeal | |
| dr. contestation {f} [d'une loi, d'un testament, d'un droit] | contesting | |
| dr. contestation {f} [d'une loi, d'un testament, d'un droit] | questioning [contesting] | |
| dr. contestation {f} [d'une loi, d'un testament] | opposing [contesting] | |
| hist. pol. Danelaw {m} [878 - 954] [nom donné à la partie de la Grande-Bretagne où s'appliquait la loi des Danois] | Danelaw [878 - 954] [also: Danelagh] | |
| dr. défaillance {f} [d'une loi] | deficiency | |
| dr. dispositif {m} [de loi] | purview | |
| dr. exécution {f} [de loi, jugement] | enforcement | |
| pol. levée {f} [d'embargo, état de siège, de sanctions, loi martiale] | lifting | |
| pol. rejet {m} [de motion, proposition, projet de loi] | defeat [e.g. of a proposition] | |
| 2 Words: Verbs |
| déroger à qc. [habitude, convention, loi, règle, tradition] | to deviate from sth. | |
| déroger à qc. [habitude, convention, loi, règle, tradition] | to differ from sth. | |
| déroger à qc. [habitude, convention, loi, règle, tradition] | to be different from sth. | |
