单词 | in the eye of law |
释义 | > as lemmasin the eye of law (ii) in the eye(s) of the law: according to the terms or rules of the law; in the law's regard; also †in the eye of law. Similarly in the eye of logic, in the eyes of common sense, etc. ΚΠ ?1538 Inst. Lawes Eng. sig. Giv An action of det, an action of accompte of couenaunt or of trespace: these and suche lyke be in the eye of the lawe manumissions. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. f. 58 Court baron..in the eye of Law it hath relation to the Freeholders, who are Judges of the Court. 1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. II. xxxvi. 286 Persons not lying under..attainder were innocent in the eye of the law. 1814 S. T. Coleridge Lett. II. 635 Jack, Tom, and Harry have no existence in the eye of the law, except as included in some form or other of the permanent property of the realm. 1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest III. xiii. 281 In the eye either of logic or of sound morals, his fabric was but as a house of cards. 1907 Standard 21 Mar. 8/2 He is paranoic, and while insane, he is not insane in the eyes of the law, for, strictly speaking, he knows the nature and quality of his acts. 1958 R. K. Narayan Guide x. 199 He had absolved many a public swindler in the public eye and in the eye of the law. 1995 Homiletic & Pastoral Rev. Jan. 23/1 Women will never be equal to men in the eyes of the law until and unless women possess the right to become unpregnant. < as lemmas |
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