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Rule
A man who is his own
lawyer
has a fool for a client
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Above the law
Against the law
An open and shut case ( a straightforward
legal
case )
Apple pie
order
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Bang out of
order
Barrack room
lawyer
Brush with the law
Built to
order
Canteen culture ( boorish behaviour by rank and file
police
or soldiers )
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Circumstances alter cases
Clamp down on
Click it or ticket ( United States seat belt law advertising slogan )
Cold Mountain ( Jude Law / Renee Zellweger / Nicole Kidman movie )
Congratulations are in
order
Contempt of
court
Court
of last resort ( a
legal
court
from which no further appeals may be made )
Court
popularity
Cut through the red tape
Don't Stand So Close To Me (
Police
song )
Easy Rider ( Peter Fonda /
Dennis
Hopper movie )
El Presidente ( Nickname of baseball player
Dennis
Martinez )
Every Breath You Take ( The
Police
song )
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (
Police
song )
Fall foul of the law
Gagging
order
Get out of
jail
free
Get out of
jail
free card ( a means of avoiding justice - from the eponymous card in the Monopoly boardgame )
Go directly to jail, do not pass go
Go to law
Golden
rule
Hard cases make bad law
Hate watch ( viewing a television programme in
order
to mock it )
Haul before the
court
Helping the
police
with their enquiries
His word is law
Hold
court
Home
rule
House rules
Human Rights Act
I Shot The
Sheriff
( Eric Clapton song )
I arrest you in the name of the law
I fought the law and the law won
In force
In short
order
In the eyes of the law
In the
order
of
Jail
bait
Jail
bird
Jonnies out of
jail
Kangaroo
court
Known to the
police
Lady Justice
Laugh it out of
court
Laughed out of
court
Law abiding
Law and
order
Law unto oneself
Lay the law down
Legal
decent honest and truthful
Legal
eagle
Mail
order
bride
May it please the
court
Message in A Bottle (
Police
song )
Mob
rule
Oil Can ( Nickname of
Dennis
Boyd )
One law for the rich and another for the poor
Order
about
Order
in the
court
Order
of magnitude
Order
order
Order
up
Out of
order
Outside the law
Over the
legal
limit
Papal
decree
Pecking
order
Philadelphia
lawyer
Please address the
court
Police
state
Possession is nine tenths of the law
Press charges
Put your house in
order
Red tape
Rule
Britannia
Rule
of thumb
Rule
out
Rule
the roost
Rule
with a rod of iron
Rule
with an iron fist
Saviour sibling ( a child born in
order
to provide a transplant for another with a fatal disease )
See what we mean (
Canon
advertising slogan )
See you in
court
Settle out of
court
Shirtsleeve
order
Side
order
Take someone to law
Take the law into your own hands
Tall
order
That's the news and I'm outta here ( A catchphrase from
Dennis
Miller In Saturday Night Live )
The Beast of Bolsover ( Nickname of English politician
Dennis
Skinner )
The Iceman ( Nickname of
Dennis
Bergkamp )
The Non-Flying Dutchman ( Nickname of
Dennis
Bergkamp )
The Worm ( Nickname of
Dennis
Rodman )
The ball is in your
court
The
court
will rise
The exception which proves the
rule
The law is an ass
The law of averages
The law of diminishing returns
The law of the jungle
The law of the land
The
laws
of nature
The letter of the law
The long arm of the law
The
order
of the boot
The
order
of the day
There ought to be a law
There's an exception to every
rule
There's no law against it
Thought
police
Trial
and error
Trial
and tribulation
Trial
by television
Twelve good men and true
Walking On The Moon ( The
Police
song )
Work to
rule