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The interpretation of the law towards the end of providing justice, even if this interpretation does not fall within the law as written.
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spirit of the law — index equity (justice) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 spirit of the law … Law dictionary
spirit of the law — The spirit of the law is the idea or ideas that the people who made the law wanted to have effect … The small dictionary of idiomes
spirit of the law — The spirit of the law is the idea or ideas that the people who made the law wanted to have effect. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Spirit of the law — The spirit of the law is the idea or ideas that the people who made the law wanted to have effect … Dictionary of English idioms
(the) spirit of the law — the spirit of the law phrase the real meaning or intention of a law, even if the way it is written does not express this The lawyers have violated the spirit, if not the letter, of the law. Thesaurus: miscellaneous legal termshyponym Main entry:… … Useful english dictionary
the spirit of the law — the real meaning or intention of a law, even if the way it is written does not express this The lawyers have violated the spirit, if not the letter, of the law … English dictionary
Letter and spirit of the law — The letter of the law versus the spirit of the law is an idiomatic antithesis. When one obeys the letter of the law but not the spirit, he is obeying the literal interpretation of the words (the letter ) of the law, but not the intent of those… … Wikipedia
spirit of the law — intentions of the legislature, true purpose of the ruling … English contemporary dictionary
letter of the law — n. A strict, literal, word for word interpretation of laws and statutes. See also spirit of the law The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008. letter of the law … Law dictionary
The Spirit of the Laws — (French: De l esprit des lois, also sometimes called The Spirit of Laws[1]) is a treatise on political theory first published anonymously by Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu in 1748 with the help of … Wikipedia
