strict law
collocation in Englishmeaningsofstrictandlaw
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strict
adjective
uk/strɪkt/us/strɪkt/
strongly limiting someone's freedom to behave as they wish, or likely to severely punish someone if they do ...
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law
noun
uk/lɔː/us/lɑː/
a rule, usually made by a government, that is used to order the way in which a ...
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(Definition ofstrictandlawfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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He must undergo astrictlaw.
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This is thestrictlaw.
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In fact, thestrictlawgoes further.
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Everything must be codified bystrictlaw.
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Instrictlaw, that is right.
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He is entirely correct as a matter ofstrictlaw.
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Perhaps it should, but instrictlawit does not.
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Thatstrictlawforbids children being used by the media.
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That is doubtless thestrictlaw, as my noble friend said.
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Surely, he can decide in the spirit of the thing and not bystrictlaw.
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This is, instrictlaw, what arbitrators are required to do at present.
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I am saying that the reality of industrial power may be different from thestrictlaw.
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In terms ofstrictlaw, it was unnecessary for us to table this amendment.
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Yet to-day, if thestrictlawis carried out, that must happen time and time again.
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We are applying new and verystrictlawto an area that has not been touched before.
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It is always accepted as binding, but, as a matter ofstrictlaw, it is a recommendation.
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The issue therefore should be dealt with as a matter of fact, rather than ofstrictlaw.
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It is an answer, and, from the point of view ofstrictlaw, probably a very good answer.
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It is astrictlawthat bids us dance.
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He had his kingdom as an overlystrictlawenforcement.
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Instrictlaw, the compensation as such would not form part of a person's estate unless they die before the claim is paid out.
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Nevertheless, as my noble friend has already made clear, a gap may sometimes open up or could open up between administrative practice andstrictlaw.
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In fact, housing associations, other than those which are instrictlawcharities, suffer the same tax burden as the private developer.
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It seems to me, on first impression, to indicate that the police have been operating this ratherstrictlawwith their usual discretion.
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There is astrictlawenforcement and harsh punishment on all stations.
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