この法律が定めたのは、法貨以外での賃金支給は違法だということです。

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English Translation

What these acts said was that it was illegal to pay someone in anything other than coin of the realm.

Furigana

この法律(ほうりつ)が定(さだ)めたのは、法貨(ほうか)以外(いがい)での賃金(ちんぎん)支給(しきゅう)は違法(いほう)だということです。

Romanji

Kono hōritsu ga sadameta no wa, hōka igai de no chingin shikyū wa ihō da toiu koto desu.

Words

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

法律 (ほうりつ)

law

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

定める (さだめる)

to decide; to establish; to determine

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

法貨 (ほうか)

legal currency

以外 (いがい)

with the exception of; excepting

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

賃金 (ちんぎん、ちんきん)

wages; cash payment of rent

支給 (しきゅう)

provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant

違法 (いほう)

illegal; illegality; invalid; unlawfulness

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

です (です)

be; is