Usage examples of "legal means" in English with translation to German

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Tom used a legal loophole. Tom nutzte eine Gesetzeslücke.

I am by no means satisfied with my present income. Ich bin in keiner Weise zufrieden mit meinem gegenwärtigen Einkommen.

The U.S. would be nothing without its immigrants, legal and illegal. Die USA wären nichts ohne Einwanderer, legale und illegale.

Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection. Jeder, der arbeitet, hat das Recht auf gerechte und befriedigende Entlohnung, die ihm und seiner Familie eine der menschlichen Würde entsprechende Existenz sichert, gegebenenfalls ergänzt durch andere soziale Schutzmaßnahmen.

In legal documents, difficult words and phrases are often used. In Gesetzestexten werden häufig schwierige Wörter und Ausdrücke verwendet.

I would rather be poor than make money by dishonest means. Ich würde lieber arm sein, als auf unehrliche Art Geld zu verdienen.

Is this legal? Ist das legal?

The doctor tried every possible means to save his patient. Der Doktor versuchte jedes Mittel, um seinen Patienten zu retten.

It's perfectly legal. Es ist vollkommen legal.

Do you see the color? It means you're pregnant! Siehst du die Farbe? Das bedeutet, du bist schwanger!

Until 1986, in the schools of England, it was legal to punish children with belts, sticks, and clubs. Bis 1986 war es legal an Englands Schulen, Kinder mit Gürteln, Stöcken und Knüppeln zu züchtigen.

She is by no means selfish. Sie ist in keiner Weise egoistisch.

Slavery was legal in the new Republic of Texas. Die Sklaverei war legal in der neuen Republik Texas.

There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." Es gibt in den Vereinigten Staaten von jeher einen Kult der Unwissenheit. Anti-Intellektualismus zieht sich wie ein roter Faden durch unser politisches und kulturelles Leben, genährt von der irrigen Vorstellung, Demokratie bedeute, dass "meine Unwissenheit ebenso viel wert ist wie dein Wissen."

It's legal for citizens to carry guns in many states. In vielen Ländern ist es den Bürgern erlaubt, Waffen zu führen.

Our thought is expressed by means of language. Unser Denken wird mit Hilfe der Sprache zum Ausdruck gebracht.

It's not legal to keep wild animals as pets. Es ist nicht legal, sich wilde Tiere als Haustiere zu halten.

I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete. Ich rufe die Gemeinschaft der Wissenschaftler, die uns die Kernwaffen gegeben haben, auf, ihre großen Talente der Sache der Menschheit und des Weltfriedens zu widmen: uns die Mittel an die Hand zu geben, um diese Kernwaffen unwirksam und überflüssig zu machen.

I went to the lawyer for legal help. Ich ging zum Rechtsanwalt, um juristischen Beistand zu erbitten.

Education means something more than going to school. Ausbildung bedeutet etwas mehr als zur Schule zu gehen.

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