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• lay down the law — index instruct (direct) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• Lay Down the Law — álbum de Keel Publicación Noviembre, 1984 Género(s) Glam metal Discográfica Shrapnel Records Productor(es) Ron Keel …   Wikipedia Español

• Lay Down the Law (Keel album) — Infobox Album | Name = Lay Down the Law Type = studio Artist = Keel Genre = Glam metal Released = 1984 Label = Shrapnel Last album This album = Lay Down the Law (1984) Next album = The Right to Rock (March 26, 1985)This was the debut album by the …   Wikipedia

• lay down the law — {v. phr.} 1. To give strict orders. * /The teacher lays down the law about homework every afternoon./ 2. To speak severely or seriously about a wrongdoing; scold. * /The principal called in the students and laid down the law to them about… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• lay down the law — {v. phr.} 1. To give strict orders. * /The teacher lays down the law about homework every afternoon./ 2. To speak severely or seriously about a wrongdoing; scold. * /The principal called in the students and laid down the law to them about… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• lay down the law — verb a) To promulgate law. b) To present the law that applies to a given case …   Wiktionary

• lay down the law — Synonyms and related words: be responsible for, bestride, call the signals, captain, carry on, command, conduct, control, dictate, direct, dogmatize, dominate, engineer, govern, handle, have the ascendancy, head, head up, lead, lead on, make the… …   Moby Thesaurus

• lay down — verb Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to give up ; surrender < lay down your arms > 2. a. establish, prescribe < lay down a scale for a map > b. to assert or command dogmatically …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• The Law of Conservation of Energy —     The Law of Conservation of Energy     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Law of Conservation of Energy     Amongst the gravest objections raised by the progress of modern science against Theism, the possibility of Miracles, free will, the… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• lay, lie — Lay means to place and is a transitive verb requiring an object. Lie, in the context here, means to recline, is intransitive, and takes no object. I shall lay the rug on the floor. Please lie down here. The principal parts of lay are lay, laid,… …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

• The Right to Rock — Album par Keel Sortie 26 mars 1985 Enregistrement  ???? Durée 39 minutes 49 secondes Genre Heavy metal Producteur …   Wikipédia en Français