Duration一词在法律英语中表示“存续期间；期间”。

l Duration of risk：风险（承担）期间

保险单中规定的保险人应对损害的发生负责赔偿的期间，从保险单生效时起至保险期终了或因撤销保险单(退保)或违反合同要件而终止风险的承担时止。

l Duration of war：战争期间

自战争爆发一直延续到交战国主管当局正式宣告和平的一段时期；在通俗意义上，该词一般指从战争爆发到实际敌对行动停止的一段时期。在合同中，该词可归因于当事人意图，并应从合同文件本身、有关合同履行情势的证据以及当事人所追求的合同目的而予以确定。

参考双语例句：

The Expatriate Employment Regulation that came into force in April 2009 imposes the following duties on the employer: be responsible for the employee during their stay in the Maldives; to pay the salary before the 7th of each month, due for work done during the past month; to provide adequate food and accommodation to the employee for the duration of the employment; to pay all expenses as agreed in the contract; to pay the work permit and all related fees; and to pay for all the costs of repatriating the expatriate employee, in case the Government requests such, prior to the end of the duration of the work permit.

2009年4月生效的《侨民就业条例》规定了雇主如下职责：对雇员在马尔代夫停留期间负责；在每个月7号之前支付过去一个月所作工作应得薪酬；在雇员就业期间向他们提供足够的食物和住房；支付合同中商定的所有费用；支付工作许可证和所有相关费用；以及在工作许可期限结束之前，如果政府提出这种要求，支付遣返外籍雇员的所有费用。

The Commission agreed that the duration of a Codex session should be kept within seven days, including the pre-session meetings of working groups, if any, in order to keep its proceedings well focused, ensure transparency, and facilitate effective participation of the members, with the understanding that a certain margin of flexibility should be allowed, depending on the workload of each subsidiary bodies.

食典委同意，食典会议的持续时间应保持在七个工作日内，包括工作组的会前会议（如果有的话），以便使其议事的重点集中，确保透明度，并促进成员的有效参与，但应根据每一附属机构的工作量给予某些灵活余地。

In the US and Australia, as shown in Appendix III, the disclosure of information is more specific and substantive, which includes not only the number of warrant applications requested and authorized, but also the average duration of original and renewed warrants issued, the number of arrests and convictions on the basis of intercepted materials, and the expenses related to warrants.

在美国及澳洲，正如附录III显示，所披露的资料较具体及实质，不但包括提出及授权的手令申请数目，还包括最初发出手令及续发手令的平均有效期、根据被截取材料而拘捕及定罪的数目，以及有关手令的开支。