It isn't yet clear whether the new law can actually be applied retroactively.

这项新法令是否具有追溯力还不清楚。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

The law can compel fathers to make regular payments for their children.

这项法律可强制父亲定期支付子女的费用。

《牛津词典》

This law can adjust a cerebrum, have taking precautions against and curing an effect on diseases such as nervosism.

此法可以调节大脑，对神经衰弱等疾病有预防和治疗作用。

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A person who breaks a law can be in hot water with the police.

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This idea that no law can violate our right to life, liberty, and property would seem to support the idea of a government so limited that it would gladden the heart of the libertarian after all.

任何法律都不能侵犯生命自由和财产权的观点,似乎是支持“有限政府“这一观点的,这点无疑很讨自由主义者欢心。

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And I'm going to call this the you can break even law; you can break even law.

我叫它,你能保本定律“,你不会失去能量。

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The law can't be retroactive and we should be able to finish the case.

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And having a deal structured under foreign law can protect against that very temptation.

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Mr Uribe says that his security policy has created the conditions where the law can be enforced.

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