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above the law

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above the law
not subject to the law; immune to the law. None of us is above the law. We have to obey all of them.
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above the law
not having to obey laws or rules Football players can't be above the law just because they are so valuable to team owners.
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"D--n their figures," cries the squire; "a pretty civilised nation, truly, where women are above the law.
He, who was one of the few that made the Law in that far land, who set the ethical pace, and by conduct gave the standard of right and wrong, was nevertheless above the Law.
 
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