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单词 the rigour of the law
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the rigour of the law
a. the rigour of the law and variants: (a) the law interpreted in its strict sense, the letter of the law; the application or enforcement of this; (b) the stringency, severity, or harshness of the law; the application of the law without mitigation or mercy. rare and archaic in later use.
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c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 1681 (MED) I schulde in cruel wyse Execute ful hastely iustece Þoruȝ þe rigour of my mortal lawe.
1439–40 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1439 §19. m. 13 The said feffes owght not by rigour of lawe, to declare hem self of þexpendyng and demenyng of þe proffitz and revenus.
?1479 W. Pickenham in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 365 To shew vn-to yow the rigur of the lawe.
1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 58 b With mercie to mitigate all rigor of the lawe.
1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) ix. f. 119 Too age it dooth belong Too keepe the rigor of the lawes and search out ryght from wrong.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) i. iii. 199 I doe beseech your Royall Maiestie, Let him haue all the rigor of the Law . View more context for this quotation
1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. Summary N 2 b Not to take the just rigour of the Law of England,..but take reasonable satisfaction.
1701 J. Le Clerc Harmony of Evangelists 126 If you are threatened with the Law for the recovery of a Debt, common Prudence will direct you to compound the matter as soon as may be, lest your Creditor force the Rigour of the Law upon you.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. v. x. 204 The Wickedness of the Country was principally owing to the Encouragement he had given to Vice,..by having mitigated that just and wholesome Rigour of the Law.
1858 Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law ii. 3 Chancellors..moderated the rigour of the law according..to equity.
1871 H. E. P. Spofford New-Eng. Legends 38 These Wentworths were a powerful and hotblooded race—nothing but the rigor of the law ever stood between them and a purpose.
1920 Northeastern Reporter 127 3/1 Had he shown good faith in his solemn engagements of marriage, he would have been protected from the rigor of the law.
1998 Huntingdon Libr. Q. 61 136 Even the clergy..could deflect ecclesiastical justice and soften the rigor of the law by telling a good story.
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