LAWANDORDER

Law and order

In politics, law and order refers to demands for a strict criminal justice system, especially in relation to violent and property crime, through stricter criminal penalties. These penalties may include longer terms of imprisonment, mandatory sentencing, three strikes laws, and in some countries, capital punishment.

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law and order

Noun

  1. The principles under which the world and its components operate.
  2. The strict enforcement of law, statutes, and social conventions.


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