Command
Law
Law noun - A rule of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority and especially a legislature.
Usage example: a record number of laws were passed in that legislative session
Command is a synonym for law in demand topic. Sometimes you can use "Command" instead a noun "Law", if it concerns topics such as society, regulation, statute.
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In Star Carrier: Deep Space the Confederation invokes its Military First Right law to take command of the America battlegroup without approval from the USNA chain of command.
Source: You Are in Command Now -
No Honor Among Thieves: Bligh alludes to this before Christian casts him adrift, asking how Christian can command "this rabble" when Bligh couldn't, even when he had the law behind him.
Source: Film / The Bounty - As we see more of the Broken Pedestal nature of the Andalite command, it becomes apparent that some of this law was just pride.
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