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Meanings of took the law in English

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Usage of took the law in English
1
If I'd a done right, I'd a took the law on him.
A Girl of the Limberlost
2
He took the law away, and everything ran by his word.
A quiet vendetta
3
Judge Terry took the law into his own hands and fell.
Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California with Other Sk...
4
He was helpless, too, unless he took the law into his own hands.
The Blotting Book
5
It was unfortunate that on occasions people took the law into their own hands.
The Irish Times
6
A few pupils took the law into their own hands.
The Guardian
7
The populace took the law into their own hands.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 / (From Barbaro...
8
Several communities took the law into their own hands.
A Century of Negro Migration
9
Instead, he took the law into his own hands.
Rage of angels
10
The judge wouldn't hear of it, but I took the law into my own hands.
The Lion and the Mouse; a Story of an American Life
11
They took the law in their own hands.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
12
He took the law into his own hands.
South America
13
He probably, in the cases above alluded to, took the law into his own hands.]
Barry Lyndon
14
But the judge said there would be social anarchy if people took the law into their own hands.
The Irish Times
15
At the set time Connor took the law by the forelock and was adjudged possession of the field.
The Land of Little Rain
16
The feudal lords enforced these codes with unrelenting rigor, and not unfrequently took the law into their own hands.
The Earth as Modified by Human Action
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