Are the firm statutes of the dread abyss Broken, or in high heaven new laws ordain'd, That thus, condemn'd, ye to my caves approach?

With reference to all other capital offenses, the law ordains that the perpetrator shall die a violent death, which traditionally was understood as strangulation.

For instance, Stephen I's first laws ordained that everyone should go to church "with the exception of those who guard the fire".

I refuse to take the hint that society would somehow settle down as natural law ordains if everyone would regroup into a "sweet" family.

A 1900 law ordained that only one selected character be used for each mora, with the others referred to as hentaigana.

The law of averages ordained that something would happen to provoke some outburst of temper.

The law ordains that it shall be so.

Some laws ordain; and some attend the choice Of holy senates, and elect by voice.

He shall to peaceful Rome new laws ordain, Call'd from his mean abode a scepter to sustain.

No law ordains this blizzard of print.