| 词汇 | unenforceable |
| 释义 | unenforceable adjective uk /ˌʌn.ɪnˈfɔː.sə.bəl/ us /ˌʌn.ɪnˈfɔːr.sə.bəl/ If a rule or law is unenforceable, it is impossible to force people to obey it.（规则或法律）无约束力的，无强制力的 Rules & laws administrative admiralty anti-bribery anti-regulatory anti-sodomy binding blue law humanitarian law invocation juridical juridically juristic land tenure legislation provision Rafferty's rules the rule of law Ts and Cs uncalled uncanonical unenforceable | Business Englishunenforceable adjective uk /ˌʌnɪnˈfɔːsəbl̩/ us /-ˈfɔːr-/ LAW an unenforceable law or system cannot be accepted as legal in a court of law: Sections of the amendment are unenforceable under federal law. that people cannot be made to obey, or that cannot be made to work effectively: The proposed reforms are so complex that they will be virtually unenforceable in practice. Examples of unenforceableunenforceable Unfortunately, where storage and pumping capacity are limited and non-riparian water rights unenforceable, banking is not practical. The unenforceable law is hardly qualified to be an institution, but the practice of bribing corrupt law enforcers does qualify. Although the government had a time-honored policy against squatting, it was clearly unenforceable. A contract to steal a car should be unenforceable, because car theft should be discouraged. It may be that in 1668-9 he did attempt more general restrictions on music that were extensively flouted and therefore became unenforceable. High information, monitoring and transaction costs, lack of collateral following unenforceable property rights, and moral hazard problems all contribute to absent or malfunctioning credit markets in these economies. And the disciplinary aspects of socialisation - monitoring behaviour, and excluding group members for breaches of club rules - are both unpalatable and unenforceable outside the esoteric confines of sectarian religion. In these circumstances, the court can find the statute severable and enforce it as applied to the challenger, or find it nonseverable and therefore unenforceable in any of its applications. Common law, however, has trouble with friendship and has historically taken the view that agreements between friends are unenforceable for lack of intention to create legal relations. A frequent criticism of international law is that it is unenforceable in two senses; it has neither the ability to punish violations nor the ability to enforce compliance. Recognising that the scheme was uncontrollable and unenforceable it was swiftly quashed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does he agree that the complete absence of any prosecutions to date demonstrates that the ban is unmanageable, unfair and unenforceable? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, it was unenforceable against short-term noise from muffled, unsilenced compressors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 So let us abolish this silly outdated, unenforceable, unpopular and indefensible legislation once and for all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A requirement that some individuals should wear glasses when driving would be unenforceable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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