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"sense": "the doctrine that no individual is above the law",
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"roman": "vjaršenstva zakónu",
"sense": "the doctrine that no individual is above the law",
"word": "вяршэнства закону"
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"roman": "vjaršenstva prava",
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"word": "вяршэнства права"
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"sense": "the doctrine that no individual is above the law",
"word": "法治"
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"sense": "the doctrine that no individual is above the law",
"word": "კანონის უზენაესობა"
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"word": "სამართლის უზენაესობა"
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"sense": "the doctrine that no individual is above the law",
"word": "სამართლისა და კანონის უზენაესობის პრინციპი"
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