letter of the law

English

Noun

letter of the law

1. (singular only) The strict interpretation of the law or rules.

Translations

strict interpretation of the law

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 法律的字面意義／法律的字面意义 (fǎlǜ de zìmiàn yìyì), 法律條文／法律条文 (fǎlǜ tiáowén)

• Esperanto: litero de leĝo
• Finnish: lain kirjain
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: Buchstaben des Gesetzes pl
• Mon: နကဵုလိက်ပ္ဍဲနှောဝ်ဥပဒေဂှ်
• Polish: litera prawa (pl) f

See also

• black-letter law
• dead letter
• literalism
• spirit of the law
• to the letter