English law (Scotland is different) tries to balance lifelong need and fairness.

英国法律（和苏格兰法律不同）试图平衡终身需求与公平。

An English law of 1606 forbade profane references on stage to God, Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost.

1606年的英国法律禁止在舞台上亵渎上帝、耶稣基督和圣灵。

But he can't do that. I mean, the law says he... - No, no, you're talking about English law.

但他不能那么做，法律规定...... -不不，那是英格兰法律。

The founders of America brought with them the English common law.

美国的创始人带来了英国的普通法。

This is illegal under English law.

【law】根据英国法律，这是非法的。

He said, like much of American law, the attorney-client privilege is rooted in English common law.

他说，与大部分美国法律一样，律师-委托人特权植根于英国普通法。

A few words on the rules of English law will help to set the scene.

【scene】先说几句介绍一下英国的法律规则可以提供一个背景。

But they are so far unknown in Britain, chiefly because prenuptial agreements have had little legal force in English law (Scotland's legal system is separate).

然而，到目前为止，这些策略在英国还是不被人知的，主要是因为这些婚前协议在英国法律（苏格兰法律除外）面前是几乎没有法律效力的。

Fifteen days—that fragment of duration which has acquired such an interesting individuality from its connection with the English marriage law.

十五天——这段时间因与英国婚姻法的联系而具有如此有趣的个性。

During the twelfth and most of the thirteenth centuries, we have no written records of English laws, poetry, songs, or stories.

在十二世纪和十三世纪的大部分时间里，我们没有关于英国法律、诗歌、歌曲或故事的书面记录。

" I see. But I am right in saying, am I not, that by your English law that will was automatically revoked when Mrs. Inglethorp remarried" ?

“我明白了。但我说得对， 不是吗，根据你们的英国法律， 当英格里桑夫人再婚时， 遗嘱自动被撤销” ？

I have heard an impatient innovator scoff at the English law on the subject of mustard, and demand why, in the nature of things, mustard should not be eaten with mutton.

我曾听到一位不耐烦的创新者嘲笑英国关于芥末的法律， 质问为什么芥末不能与羊肉一起食用。

The English law did not actually recognize their right to live in any of the dominions, but owing to the easy-going habits of the Americans they were allowed to filter into the seaboard towns.

英国法律实际上并不承认他们在任何自治领地居住的权利，但由于美国人随和的习惯， 他们被允许进入沿海城镇。

Especially did they assail the disabilities imposed upon them by the English common law imported into America—the law which denied married women their property, their wages, and their legal existence as separate persons.

她们尤其抨击输入美国的英国普通法强加给她们的残疾——该法律否认已婚妇女的财产、工资和作为独立个体的合法存在。

In the exercise of appellate power, the king in council acting as a court could, and frequently did, declare acts of colonial legislatures duly enacted and approved, null and void, on the ground that they were contrary to English law.

在行使上诉权时，作为法院的内阁国王可以而且经常这样做，以违反英国法律为由，宣布殖民地立法机关正式颁布和批准的法案无效。