violation of law

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violation
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌvaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌvaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/
an action that breaks or acts against something, especially a law, agreement, principle, or something that should be treated ...
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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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There was no significantviolationoflawand order.
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It is not clear if the practice was inviolationoflawor the contract.
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Anyviolationoflawmust be processed through the courts.
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The law allows them to receive a portion of any fines collected by the government from theirviolationoflaw.
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Inviolationoflaw, he was judged not in a court house, but in the cell of the temporary detention facility.
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Rapanos was convicted of two felonies for filling wetlands inviolationoflawin 1995.
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The finding of a court with jurisdiction is the sole method used to determine aviolationoflaw.
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The remaining events of the trilogy are automatically triggered by theviolationoflaw, like a machine.
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The allowance of the estimated value of such material in the settlement of such contractor's accounts is aviolationoflaw.
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Some jurisdictions have declared that, legally, election silence is inviolationoflawregarding freedom of speech.
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The fundamental premise of the restorative justice paradigm states that crime is a violation of people and relationships rather than just aviolationoflaw.
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This process is linked to the high crime rate and violations of law and social rules.
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Is it not only by the processes of democracy that violations of law and order of this kind can be forestalled?
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These people have already attempted to do so, but have been treated unequally and come up against government and local authorities that commit violations of law.
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It is also used in non-criminal violations of law, such as certain classes of traffic offenses.
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In fact, pen registers and similar devices are routinely used by telephone companies for the purposes of checking billing operations, detecting fraud, and preventing violations of law.
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