The phrase "act by law" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase to refer to a set of guidelines or regulations that are officially accepted as law. For example, "The company is required to act by law when conducting business."
But the normal course is to act by law -by attaching property, and selling enough to pay the tax due.
If it matters at all, still speaking from the bad man's point of view, it must be because in one case and not in the other some further disadvantages, or at least some further consequences, are attached to the act by law.
These PMTCT clients also mentioned fear of retaliation by the perpetrator and of failure to act by law enforcement as reasons for remaining silent [ 16].
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Signs threaten a year's imprisonment and a €15,000 fine for any publicly committed sexual acts – evidence of the delicate balancing act performed by law enforcers here.
Similarly, a crime is defined as an act prohibited by law and is inherently genderless.
He also struggled to maintain a regulatory balance between protecting consumers' health and guarding against hurting the economic health of industry, a juggling act prescribed by law.
"Failure to do so would be considered an unfair or deceptive act punishable by law," said a statement from the office of Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Hillsborough), who is sponsoring the bill.
"The State's evidence that defendant violated those rules is not sufficient to show that defendant performed an act 'forbidden by law' as required to sustain a conviction of official misconduct," Chief Justice Thomas Kilbride wrote in the court's opinion.
The courts have taken the view that offenders who have been led into criminal acts by law-enforcement personnel are not guilty.
The Congressmen, Representatives Don Edwards of California and Dan Glickman of Kansas, said the approach removed a deterrent to illegal acts by law-enforcement officials.
