Broke, as a law (8)
I believe the answer is:
violated
'broke as a law' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for violated that I've seen before include "Defiled" , "Abused" , "Dovetail in, having acted contrary to oath" , "Broken" , "Treated with irreverence in dovetail" .)