Ambulance chaser
A lawyer who encourages people who have been in accidents or become ill to sue for compensation is an ambulance chaser.
Eye for an eye
This is an expression for retributive justice, where the punishment equals the crime.
Jersey justice
Jersey justice is very severe justice.
Jury’s out
If the jury’s out on an issue, then there is no general agreement or consensus on it.
Law unto yourself
If somebody’s a law unto themselves, they do what they believe is right regardless of what is generally accepted as correct.
Lay down the law
If someone lays down the law, they tell people what to do and are authoritarian.
Word of the law
It means that the law is interpreted in an absolutely literal way which goes against the ideas that the lawmakers had wished to implement.
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