" ground " is the formal , especially legal , justification for an action . “Ground”指正式的，尤其是法律上的行动的原因。
In the eyes of the law , she is guilty though few ordinary people would think so . 从法律上说，她有罪，但一般人不见得这么看。
This decentralized economic system relied on the legal immobility of the serf . 这种分散的经济制度依赖于农奴在法律上的固定性。
I consider that, in view of the constitution and the laws, the union is unbroken . 从宪法与法律上看，我认为这一联合是不可分裂的。
Even his dissents were widely quoted, and some prompted legislative changes . 甚至他那些异议也被广泛引用，而且有的还促成了法律上的修改。
It is forgery even if the document is incomplete or ineffective in law . 即使此伪造的文件在法律上是不完整的或失效的，其行为也构成了伪造罪。
She was declared legally insane in rigged trial and was put in a sanatorium . 一次作弊审讯中，她在法律上被宣告为患有精神病，并被关进了疗养院。
"it may not be a legal debt, but it is a personal one," roti replied. "it is a debt of honor. " 罗迪说：“法律上这也许不算债务，不过我个人是认帐的，这是道义上的债务。”
He is legally discharged from all previous obligations, assuming that his former debts were legal . 假设他从前的债务是合法的，那么破产可以使他从法律上解除从前的一切债务。
Second, there is the related fact each government is presumed by law to be adequate to the program responsibilities vested in it . 第二项困难在于，法律上假定每个政府对于其应负的责任应该能够独立担当。
