Definition of Law of the land

1. Noun. A phrase used in the Magna Carta to refer to the then established law of the kingdom (as distinct from Roman or civil law); today it refers to fundamental principles of justice commensurate with due process. "The United States Constitution declares itself to be `the supreme law of the land'"

Generic synonyms: Jurisprudence, Law
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law

Lexicographical Neighbors of Law Of The Land

law of priority
law of proximity
law of recapitulation
law of reciprocal proportions
law of reciprocal proportions
law of referred pain
law of refraction
law of regression to mean
law of segregation
law of segregation
law of similarity
law of similars
law of specific nerve energies
law of thermodynamics
law of the heart
law of the land (current term)
law of the minimum
law of volumes
law practice
law school
law student
lax
lax
laxation
laxation
laxations
laxative
laxative
laxatives
laxator

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