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letter of the law

буква, формальный смысл закона

Examples from texts

I'm supposed to be obeying the letter of the law.
Предполагалось, что я буду соблюдать букву закона.
Barker, Clive / The Damnation GameБаркер, Клайв / Проклятая игра
Проклятая игра
Баркер, Клайв
© copyright 1985 by Clive Barker
© 1994, Кэдмэн
© перевод Д. Аношина
The Damnation Game
Barker, Clive
© copyright 1985 by Clive Barker
Of course, it was a legal crime, of course, the letter of the law was broken and blood was shed. Well, punish me for the letter of the law...and that's enough.
Конечно, сделано уголовное преступление; конечно, нарушена буква закона и пролита кровь, ну и возьмите за букву закона мою голову... и довольно!
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / Crime and PunishmentДостоевский, Фёдор / Преступление и наказание
Преступление и наказание
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1970
Crime and Punishment
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
© 2009 Rhodes Media
It is our job to ensure that the process to settle this dispute takes place within the letter of the law.
Наша задача в том, чтобы обеспечить работу по разрешению этого спора в правовом пространстве.
Let other nations think of retribution and the letter of the law, we will cling to the spirit and the meaning -- the salvation and the reformation of the lost.
Пусть у других народов буква и кара, у нас же дух и смысл, спасение и возрождение погибших.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
Братья Карамазовы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
The brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
"While what was done to you followed the letter of the law narrowly," Sheriam said gently, "we agree that it was malignantly unjust, an extreme distortion of the law's spirit."
- Хотя совершенное с вами соответствует букве закона, - мягко промолвила Шириам, - мы согласны, что сделали это злонамеренно и несправедливо, Абсолютно исказив дух закона.
Jordan, Robert / The Fires of HeavenДжордан, Роберт / Огни небес
Огни небес
Джордан, Роберт
The Fires of Heaven
Jordan, Robert
© 1993 by The Bandersnatch Group, Inc.

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letter of the law
буква; формальный смысл закона

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    буква закона

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Collocations

one who keeps to the letter of the law
законник