Meanings (ES + gloss)
letra muerta • papel mojado
A law or other measure that is no longer enforced.
Laws are a dead letter, without courts to expound and define their true meaning and operation.
Playing-cards — the devil's picture-books — were hated by the Puritans like the very devil; […] The fine for selling these cards must have been a dead letter, for we find in the ne…
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