law unto oneself

Etymology
Probably from Romans 2:14 in the King James Version of the Bible (see the quotation under sense 3 below), though the term has come to have the opposite meaning, as senses 1 and 2 indicate. Sense 3 is now largely limited to references to the Bible verse.

Noun

 * 1) One who is free from the constraints of law or rules.
 * 2) One who flouts the law or conventional wisdom; one who ignores rules or logic to behave according to his or her own standards.
 * 3)  One who is lawful in the absence of an enforced law; one who behaves with integrity.
 * 1) One who flouts the law or conventional wisdom; one who ignores rules or logic to behave according to his or her own standards.
 * 2)  One who is lawful in the absence of an enforced law; one who behaves with integrity.
 * 1) One who flouts the law or conventional wisdom; one who ignores rules or logic to behave according to his or her own standards.
 * 2)  One who is lawful in the absence of an enforced law; one who behaves with integrity.
 * 1)  One who is lawful in the absence of an enforced law; one who behaves with integrity.
 * 1)  One who is lawful in the absence of an enforced law; one who behaves with integrity.
 * 1)  One who is lawful in the absence of an enforced law; one who behaves with integrity.
 * 1)  One who is lawful in the absence of an enforced law; one who behaves with integrity.
 * 1)  One who is lawful in the absence of an enforced law; one who behaves with integrity.
 * 1)  One who is lawful in the absence of an enforced law; one who behaves with integrity.
 * 1)  One who is lawful in the absence of an enforced law; one who behaves with integrity.

Translations

 * Hungarian: a maga feje után megy


 * Esperanto: leĝo por si mem