See Also: Criminal Justice Bill, the(dictionary)
raison d'etre(dictionary)
raison d'etre(dictionary)
raison d'etat(dictionary)
bien-etre(dictionary)
BILL OF DEBT, BILL OBLIGATORY, contracts(law)
justice(2)(dictionary)
justice(dictionary)
Justice(medicine)
justice(1)(dictionary)

Criminal Justice Bill, the (oh) and raison d'etre (iou)


Criminal Justice Bill, the (oh)



a series of changes to British law in 1995, officially called the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act, which changed the law relating to a person's right to silence (=their right to say nothing when the policearrest them, or when they are on trial in a court of law) , and also made the laws against squatting (=living in a building without the owner's permission) and trespassing (=being on someone's land without their permission) much stricter.

raison d'etre (iou)



raison d'etre noun. Pl. raisons d'etre (pronounced same). M19.
[French = reason for being.]
A purpose or reason accounting for or justifying the existence of a thing.