there's no law against

there's no law against something/doing something

(informal)

something that you say in order to tell someone who is criticizing you that you are not doing anything wrong 'You were in the pub at lunchtime, weren't you?' 'Well, there's no law against it.' 'Have you been shopping again?' 'What if I have? There's no law against spending money.'

See lay down the law

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Phillis	FIL-is	English
NİDa	-	Turkish
Grayson	GRAY-sən	English (Modern)
Celestino	the-le-STEE-no (Spanish), se-le-STEE-no (Latin American Spanish), che-le-STEE-no (Italian)	Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Vincent	VIN-sənt (English), ven-SAWN (French)	English, French, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Slovak
Lene	LE-nə (German), LE-ne (Danish, Norwegian)	German, Danish, Norwegian