ordre public

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 publicpublic-order crime, breach of the peace

Derived terms

  • ordre public interne (ius cogens)
  • ordre public international (public order, the mandatory legal rules which may limit the application of foreign norms)

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)

See also