Wednesday 26th March, 2008

Wednesday 26^th March, 2008

What do the following expressions mean? Use a dictionary to help you.

A law unto oneself. - someone who is a law unto himself does what he thinks is right.

Above the law. – The law does not apply to this person.

The letter of the law – This is the exact meaning of the law.

Lay down the law – Tell someone what they should do.

Take the law into one’s own hands.- Deal with a situation oneself

More vocabulary

What do these words mean, they are all to do with the law.

Blackmail

Manslaughter

Libel

Arson

Fraud

forgery

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