cab rank rule

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noun

British the rule that obliges barristers to take on any client in strict rotation

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Word Origin for cab rank rule

C20: from the idea of a queue of taxis, each taking the first customer who comes along

Words nearby cab rank rule

cabotage, Cabot's ring body, Cabot Strait, cab-over, Cabral, cab rank rule, Cabrera, cabretta, cabrilla, Cabrillo, Cabrini

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How to use cab rank rule in a sentence

Obviously, the first obligation of all liberal democratic governments is to enforce the rule of law.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Our Duty Is to Keep Charlie Hebdo Alive|Ayaan Hirsi Ali|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And so the same creeping rot of the rule of law that the administration has inflicted on immigration now bedevils our drug laws.
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Abraham, a yellow cab driver and student, feels that blacks are targeted unfairly by the police.
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Rule 16(c) was a proposed change in the rules at the 1976 Republican Convention.
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The rule of law, you see, buckles, bends and sometimes crumbles under the weight of racism, sexism, and classism.
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He distinguished himself in several campaigns, especially in the Peninsular war, and was raised to the rank of field marshal.
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All elements of expression modify each other, so that no mere rule can cover all cases.
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As a rule, however, even in the case of extreme varieties, a careful examination of the specimen will enable it to be identified.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin
He set down as the second the golden rule, “Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so to them.”
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
Hence arise factions, dissensions, and loss to their religious interests and work; and these intruders seek to rule the others.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various

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