law and order UK /lɔː.ən(d)ˈɔːdə/US /lɔ.ən(d)ˈoɹdəɹ/ noun2 •The strict enforcement of law, statutes, and social conventions. •(no longer used, old-fashioned) The principles under which the world and its components operate.For, as in all Monarchies, it is the Law and Order of God Almighty that Subjects receive from, and not give unto their Soveraigne Lawes — 1653