Idioms about Law 

above suspicion

Meaning:

This phrase is used to describe a person who is honest enough that no one would suspect.

bend the law

Meaning:

The phrase to bend the law means to cheat a little bit without breaking the law.

case-by-case

Meaning:

Separate and distinct from others of the same kind.

hold someone accountable

Meaning:

to consider someone responsible for something.

Justice is blind

Meaning:

This expression means that justice is impartial and objective. There is an allusion here to the Greek statue for justice, wearing a blindfold so as not to treat friends differently from strangers, or rich people better than the poor ones.

law unto oneself

Meaning:

This idiomatic expression describes a person who behaves in an independent way, ignoring rules and what is generally accepted as correct.

necessity knows no law

Meaning:

Necessity knows no law is a proverb. It means that being desperate and having no means may lead you to do illegal things.

possession is nine points of the law

Meaning:

Possession is nine points of the lawis a phrase used to suggest that if you really possess something, you will easily claim its ownership than someone who just says it belongs to him or her.

read the riot act

Meaning:

if you read the riot act to someone, you warn or reprimand them energetically or forcefully

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