rule of law
Noun
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Noun
rule of law
- (legal) The doctrine that no individual is above the law and that everyone must answer to it.
- (legal) The maxim whereby governmental decisions are made by applying known legal principles.
- French: état de droit
- German: Rechtstaatlichkeit, Rechtsstaat (constitutional state)
- Russian: верхове́нство пра́ва
- Spanish: imperio de la ley
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