任何船只在这一带沿海捕鱼都将被扣留，这是明文规定的。 It is laid down in plain terms that any boat fishing off the coast will be apprehended.
查尔斯被指控超速行驶，但后来又被宣布无罪，因为他钻了法律的空子，法律明文规定：执行任务的警察应该穿上警服。 Charles was charged with speeding but was acquitted because of a loophole in the law witch states that the arresting officer should have been in uniform.
要是我们的证明文件都很妥当的话，我们就能够马上走。 If our documents had been in order we could have left at once.
