law and order

Strict enforcement of laws, especially for controlling crime. For example, Our candidate is always talking about law and order. The concept behind this term was stated by Aristotle. Today, however, it also carries the implication of infringing on civil rights in the course of too arduous law enforcement. [Late 1500s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Iosephus	-	Late Roman
Kanti	-	Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Bengali
Wall	[wɔ:l]
Amadi (2)	-	Western African, Yoruba
Minnie	MIN-ee	English
Inga	ING-ah (Swedish), ING-gah (German), EEN-gah (Russian)	Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Latvian, Lithuanian, German, Russian, Ancient Scandinavian, A