law

loi

Une règle officielle que les membres d’un pays ou d’une organisation doivent respecter.

En anglais simple : An official rule that people in a country or organization must obey.

• You must obey the law.
• The government passed a new law.
• These laws protect workers from unfair treatment.

Comment l'utiliser : law against something (There is a law against selling alcohol to children.); law on something (The law on smoking changed last year.)

Synonymes : rule, legislation, statute

Expressions courantes : break the law, obey the law, a new law, criminal law

droit

L’étude des lois et de la façon dont les tribunaux les appliquent.

En anglais simple : The study of official rules and how courts use them.

• She wants to study law.
• He has a degree in law.
• Our law professor worked as a judge.

Synonymes : legal studies, jurisprudence

Expressions courantes : study law, law school, a law degree

loi, principe

Un principe qui décrit ce qui se produit toujours dans une situation donnée.

En anglais simple : A principle that describes what always happens in a particular situation.

• They saw this as a universal law.
• The law of supply and demand explains the price rise.
• He claimed to have discovered a basic law of human behavior.

Comment l'utiliser : law of something (The law of supply and demand affects prices.)

Synonymes : principle, rule

Expressions courantes : a universal law, a law of nature, an economic law

loi

Une règle scientifique décrivant comment les choses se comportent dans la nature dans certaines conditions.

En anglais simple : A scientific statement describing how things in nature behave under particular conditions.

• We studied the laws of motion.
• This experiment demonstrates a basic physical law.
• The engineer used a law of thermodynamics to calculate the energy loss.

Comment l'utiliser : law of something (The law of gravity explains why objects fall.)

Synonymes : scientific principle

Expressions courantes : law of gravity, a physical law, a scientific law

police

La police, surtout lorsqu’elle cherche à arrêter quelqu’un qui a commis un crime.

En anglais simple : The police, especially when they are trying to catch someone who has committed a crime.

• The law finally caught him.
• She hid before the law arrived.
• The robbers thought they could escape the law.

Synonymes : police

Expressions courantes : the law arrives, escape the law, the law catches

règle, loi

Une règle sur la manière de se comporter, qu’elle soit ou non reconnue officiellement par l’État.

En anglais simple : A rule about how people should behave, whether or not a government has made it official.

• Kindness was the first law of their community.
• Respecting guests is an unwritten law here.
• Their religious laws forbid certain foods.

Synonymes : rule, principle, code

Expressions courantes : moral law, an unwritten law, religious law