Usage examples of "en vertu de la loi" in French with translation to English

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Je lui pardonnerai en vertu de la considération que je vous porte. I will forgive him out of consideration for you.
Tu ne devrais pas discriminer les gens en vertu de leur sexe. You should not discriminate people based on their gender.
Il est plus facile que le ciel et la terre passent, qu'il ne l'est qu'un seul trait de lettre de la loi vienne à tomber. It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.
Le crime résulte parfois de l'ignorance de la loi. Crimes sometimes result from ignorance of the law.
On dit que tout est plus grand au Texas, ça concerne aussi l'absurdité de l'application de la loi. They say everything's bigger in Texas, and that includes absurdity in law enforcement.
Il sera poursuivi avec toute la sévérité de la loi. He will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
Nous sommes égaux vis-à-vis de la loi. We are equal in the eyes of the law.
Le voleur ou l'arnaqueur qui a amassé une grande fortune par ses méfaits a de meilleurs chances que le petit voleur d'échapper aux pénalités rigoureuses de la loi. The thief or swindler who has gained great wealth by his delinquency has a better chance than the small thief of escaping the rigorous penalty of the law.
Tout en haïssant l'usage de la force, nous reconnaissons la nécessité de la loi et l'ordre. While we hate force, we recognize the need for law and order.
Bernard de Chartres avait l'habitude de dire que nous sommes comme des nains sur les épaules de géants, de telle manière que nous pouvons voir davantage qu'eux, et des choses à plus grande distance, non pas en vertu d'une quelconque acuité visuelle de notre part, ou une quelconque particularité physique, mais parce que nous sommes portés haut et soulevés par leur taille géante. Bernard of Chartres used to say that we are like dwarfs on the shoulders of giants, so that we can see more than they, and things at a greater distance, not by virtue of any sharpness of sight on our part, or any physical distinction, but because we are carried high and raised up by their giant size.
La loi est pleine d'ambiguïtés. The law is full of ambiguities.
« Est-ce de l'arabe ? » « Non, c'est du ouïghour — une langue parlée dans le Nord-Ouest de la Chine. » "Is this Arabic?" "No, it's Uyghur - a language that's spoken in northwestern China."
La loi fut édictée durant l'ère Meiji. The law was enacted in the Meiji era.
Je n'appelle pas ça de la colonisation. Je l'appelle de l'exploitation systématique des matières premières. I don't call it colonization, I call it systematic raw materials exploitation.
Le bon citoyen obéit à la loi. A good citizen obeys the laws.
L'étude de la philosophie relève des humanités. The study of philosophy belongs to the humanities.
Tous les hommes sont égaux devant la loi. All men are equal under the law.
Y a-t-il des marchés ou des supermarchés près d'ici ? Est-ce pratique pour acheter les objets de la vie quotidienne ? Are there any markets or supermarkets around here? Is it convenient for daily shopping?
Tout le monde est soumis à la loi. Everybody is subject to law.
Il y avait de belles fleurs au bureau de la réception. There were beautiful flowers on the reception desk.
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