nulla poena sine lege

From Latin, literally, "no penalty without law," a legal principle that a person cannot be punished for an action if that action is not prohibited by law. The company's lawyers successfully argued that their tax practices, however unsavory to the government, were not expressly prohibited by existing laws, and therefore the case against them should be thrown out on the principle of nulla poena sine lege.

词组	nulla poena sine lege
释义	nulla poena sine lege nulla poena sine lege From Latin, literally, "no penalty without law," a legal principle that a person cannot be punished for an action if that action is not prohibited by law. The company's lawyers successfully argued that their tax practices, however unsavory to the government, were not expressly prohibited by existing laws, and therefore the case against them should be thrown out on the principle of nulla poena sine lege. See also: nulla, sine Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: sine take action while you are at it (something) is not going to (do something) itself damned if I do, damned if I don't damned if you do, damned if you don't I'm damned if I do and damned if I don't when in doubt, do nothing action stations an act of war
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