rule of law

English

Noun

rule of law (uncountable)

1. (law) The doctrine that no individual is above the law and that everyone must answer to it.
2. (law) The maxim whereby governmental decisions are made by applying known legal principles.

Related terms

• law and order

Translations

the doctrine that no individual is above the law

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 法治 (zh) (fǎzhì)

• Finnish: laillisuusperiaate (fi)
• French: état de droit (fr) m
• Georgian: კანონის უზენაესობა (ḳanonis uzenaesoba), სამართლის უზენაესობა (samartlis uzenaesoba), სამართლისა და კანონის უზენაესობის პრინციპი (samartlisa da ḳanonis uzenaesobis ṗrinciṗi)
• German: Rechtstaatlichkeit f, Rechtsstaat (de) m (constitutional state)
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• Hungarian: joguralom
• Indonesian: supremasi hukum
• Japanese: 法の支配 (ja) (ほうのしはい, hō no shihai)
• Khmer: នីតិរដ្ឋ (ni teh roth)
• Russian: верхове́нство пра́ва n (verxovénstvo práva), верхове́нство зако́на n (verxovénstvo zakóna), но́рма пра́ва (ru) f (nórma práva)
• Spanish: imperio de la ley m
• Thai: นิติธรรม (th) (ní-dtì-tam)

the maxim whereby governmental decisions are made by applying known legal principles

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• Hungarian: jogállam (hu), jogállamiság