No one does anything about it and the law becomes a dead letter.

没人执行，该法律即成一纸空文。

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I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.

我不废掉神的恩。义若是借着律法得的，基督就是徒然死了。

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The law states that the ball must be kicked forward in order to be in play – so in this instance, the ball is still dead.

规则明确规定，皮球必须是被“踢”向前方，比赛才算正式开始，所以这种情况（手碰向前），仍然处于“死球”状态（比赛仍然没有重新开始）。

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Anti-government militia activity in the U.S.reached a peak in the early 1990s following a clash between law enforcement agencies and an armed religious group in Waco,Texas that left more than 70 people dead.

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In its report,the U.N.panel headed by South African Judge Richard Goldstone said Israeli forces and Palestinian Hamas forces committed violations of international law, including war crimes, during the 22-day conflict which left 1400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis dead.

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Suwanee, Georgia (CNN) -- A gunman who took several suburban Atlanta firefighters hostage on Wednesday is dead after law enforcement officers raided the home where he was holed up with his captives, police said.

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He has made her, if married, in the eye of the law, civilly dead.

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Chastened, I stuck close to reality until I was trying to account for some dead spots between college and law school, and law school and life.

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