依法

according to law, legally

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adverb Rare #28,808
according to law, legally Often used in formal or legal contexts.
CH: 我们会依法处理这件事。
EN: We will handle this matter according to the law.

布鲁内尔依法必须继续搜查九十天,寻找谋杀证据,但他看来很难找到任何东西。

Brunel is legally required to continue searching for evidence of murder for another 90 days, but he seems unlikely to find anything.

我会把你依法处置的

I will deal with you according to the law.

— 孤胆特工 (2010)

如果你能保证依法行事

If you can guarantee that you’ll act in accordance with the law.

— 利维坦 (2014)

马提斯不该去的既然去了就该依法逮捕那些孩子

Since Mathis went where he shouldn’t have, he should arrest those children in accordance with the law.

— 精英部队2:大敌当前 (2010)