ordre public

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English

Noun

ordre public (uncountable)

  1. In international law, law and order.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔʁ.dʁə py.blik/

Noun

ordre public m (uncountable)

  1. law and order, public order
    atteinte à l’ordre public, trouble à l’ordre public ― public-order crime, breach of the peace

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → German: ordre public (“public order, the mandatory legal rules which may limit the application of foreign norms”)
  • → English: ordre public (“public order, the mandatory legal rules which may limit the application of foreign norms”)
  • → German: öffentliche Ordnung (“public order, the mandatory legal rules which may limit the application of foreign norms”) (calque only in that sense)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: javni red (“public order, the mandatory legal rules which may limit the application of foreign norms”) (calque)

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