esprit des lois

== Indonesian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French esprit des lois (“spirit of the law”). === Noun === esprit des lois spirit of the law: the intention of why the law was enforced Synonym: semangat hukum === Further reading === “esprit des lois”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016