law

All translations

• lei
  tetun.org dictionary
• lei; (study of law) direitu
  DIT Wordfinder

Example sentences

• "All citizens are equal before the law.

  "Sidadaun tomak hanesan iha lei nia oin.

• "Bainhira Decree-Law No.

  "Bainhira Dekretu Lei Nu.

• "Change the law to implement a person's will.

  "Muda lei atu implementa vontade ema ida nian.

Examples from the 46,000-sentence English–Tetun parallel corpus.

Phrases using “law”

• This law removes opportunities for corruption.Lei ne'e elimina oportunidade ba korupsaun.
• According to our traditional law, we can't eat dog meat.Tuir ami nia lisan, ami la bele han na'an asu.
• This law doesn't fit the current realities of Timor-Leste.Lei ne'e la kondís ho realidade ne'ebé Timor-leste enfrenta agora.
• Our law does not permit anyone to buy or sell drugs in this country.Ita nia lei la permiti ema ida atu sosa droga ka fa'an droga iha rai laran.
• According to law, revenue from oil cannot be used to pay aged (pensions).Tuir lei, reseita hosi mina rai la bele uza hodi selu idozu sira.